Feathers – Omar El Zohairy (2021)
I’m thinking of Wang Bing. I’m thinking of Pedro Costa. I’m thinking of Tarkovsky’s Stalker who gets up from his bed in the morning. I’m...
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Tag: observation
Mariupolis – Mantas Kvedaravicius (2016)
May 1, 2022
by Nadin Mai
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When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, a lot of questions were running around in my head. Some questions were existential, they were linked to what...
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Taming the Garden – Salomé Jashi (2021)
January 28, 2022
by Nadin Mai
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A wide open space. Almost everything is tainted in a dull blue. The sky and the sea are like identical twins that are difficult to...
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Turtle Rock – Xiao Xiao, Lin Lin (2017)
January 13, 2022
by Nadin Mai
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In Europe, Germany counts as a rather large country. With over 80 million inhabitants, I have countless fellows. There are so many areas and regions...
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Machines — Rahul Jain (2016)
October 25, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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When I was in my first year at university, I took some introductory classes in media for my journalism degree, which I never pursued because...
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Chronicle of Space — Akshay Indikar (2020)
September 27, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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Heavy rain. Thunder. Night. A dark, threatening night, which foreshadows what is to come. Yes, I’m back once more, back on the vast subcontinent that...
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A rifle and a bag — Arya Rothe, Cristina Hanes & Isabella Rinaldi (2020)
September 22, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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After an excursion to the Tamil region of India thanks to P.S. Vinothraj’s Pebbles (2021), I travelled further north this time to explore the life...
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A river runs, turns, erases, replaces – Shengze Zhu (2021)
August 26, 2021
by Nadin Mai
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It’s been 18 months now that we are living with a virus that put our world upside down. Even though we are aware that we’re...
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Fate – Fred Kelemen (1994)
August 25, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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I was six years old. I just entered school, I was proud. It was an important day in an important year for me. I still...
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Days – Tsai Ming-liang (2020)
August 11, 2020
by Nadin Mai
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When Kang, played by Lee Kang-sheng, crosses a busy road, holding his head with his left hand, his neck being stabilised by a brace, there...
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