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: remembering
Heimat is a space in time – Thomas Heise (2019)
September 5, 2019
by Nadin Mai
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I’ve been thinking a lot about how to write something that would do justice to Thomas Heise’s Heimat is a space in time (2019). It...
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Phantom Islands – Rouzbeh Rashidi (2018)
February 21, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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What happens if you plan to write a post on a film that you have been sent to, but find yourself at a loss for...
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The art of emptiness – Itzhak Goldberg (ed, 2017)
January 28, 2018
by Nadin Mai
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After a rather long break from writing due to health reasons, I’m trying to embark on finally writing something about that book I bought last...
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The filmind in Andrei Tarkovsky’s Zerkalo
December 19, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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What follows are bits and pieces from an article I drafted six years ago about the Andrei Tarkovsky’s Zerkalo and Daniel Frampton’s filmind. At the time, I...
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Postcards from the Verge – Sebastian Mez (2017)
April 12, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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My, my, my…another strong arthouse film this year. And another one which is too good to be written about, if I’m honest. There are films which...
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The ebb of forgetting – Liryc de la Cruz (2015)
February 9, 2017
by Nadin Mai
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!!! This film is now available on tao films until 30 March 2017 !!! The following is a repost from another blog I had worked...
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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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Day 15 – Eternity (Kongsakul)
December 15, 2013
by Nadin Mai
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I was a very lucky person with this film (here’s a big thank you to Immanuel!). I’m not familiar with Thai cinema, apart from Apichatpong’s...
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