Film – Page 22 – The Arts of (Slow) Cinema

The initial wave of I-want-to-be-the-first has subsided, and after quite a few not very good books on Slow Cinema or on slow-film directors, we're slowly...

Call for Films! VoD platform

tao films – The tao website

August 11, 2016

by Nadin Mai

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A major step forward has been taken yesterday with the finalisation of our logo and the set-up of our website. There’s nothing much to see...

Films

Là-bas (Chantal Akerman, 2006)

August 5, 2016

by Nadin Mai

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Là-bas. Down there. Down there has many meanings in this film of Chantal Akerman, her first, last and only film set in Israel. Down there...

Call for Films! VoD platform

tao films VoD – Further info

August 1, 2016

by Nadin Mai

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I would like to use the time to explain a little more about the VoD platform. Things have developed quite a bit since I posted...

Films

For a Son – Suranga Katugampala (2016)

July 26, 2016

by Nadin Mai

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Suranga Katumgampala is a director I have followed with great pleasure for two or three years. The first film of his I saw was Son of...

Misc VoD platform

tao films

July 18, 2016

by Nadin Mai

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Thanks to very generous funding from some people, I was able to register in France the name I had in mind for the VoD service...

Films Uncategorized

Centaur – Aleksandra Niemczyk (2016)

July 13, 2016

by Nadin Mai

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!!! This film is now available on tao films until 30 March 2017 !!! I rarely come across a film, which stuns me through its...

Research Uncategorized

Monochrome Painting and Slow Cinema

July 5, 2016

by Nadin Mai

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At the very beginning of my doctoral research, I linked Slow Cinema to static art, especially Chinese painting. Traditional Chinese painting, I found, had characteristics...