Memory Exercises — Paz Encina (2016)
A woman on a train with children. A dictatorship. 35 years. The control. And the exile. That’s the first image they left me with. Paraguay....
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Tag: haunting
The spirit of absence
February 6, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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I have long been fascinated by the power of absence. I hadn't known that this was one element that drew me towards Slow Cinema until...
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Kaili Blues – Bi Gan (2015)
January 24, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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It is impossible to retain a past thought, to seize a future thought, and even to hold onto a present thought. There couldn't be a...
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Shoah – Claude Lanzmann (1985)
July 10, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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It is clear to me that Claude Lanzmann's Shoah (1985) would never make it into a Slow Cinema list. Perhaps, it shouldn't be. Perhaps, it should...
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A pigeon sat on a branch reflecting on cinema
September 11, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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It's been almost a year that I have seen Roy Andersson's A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014), a film I remember was...
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tao films VoD now live
January 1, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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I’m very pleased to announce that tao films VoD is now live after a year of hard work. It is a project I’m particularly proud...
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Dead Slow Ahead – Mauro Herce (2015)
September 12, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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I wonder whether the title of Mauro Herce's film is the most fitting of any slow film I have seen. I don't think you can...
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Horse Money – Pedro Costa (2014)
April 18, 2016
by Nadin Mai
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It's kind of sad that you have to wait almost two years for a brilliant film to cross your way. I missed Pedro Costa's new...
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