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Burial – Emilija Škarnulytė (2022)

May 11, 2023

by Nadin Mai

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When I saw Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s superb documentary Homo Sapiens, I reflected upon the legacy we, Homo sapiens, would leave behind. Our legacy isn’t as magnificent...

Misc

April 19, 2023

by Nadin Mai

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It's been a bit quiet here recently, primarily because I was (and still am) in the process of working on a very personal and painful...

Films

Matter out of Place – Nikolaus Geyrhalter (2022)

March 10, 2023

by Nadin Mai

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The ocean. Clear blue-turquoise water. A beautiful beach, sand whose softness one can feel by simply looking at it. A palm tree. It’s quiet, it’s...

Misc Research

Resonance

January 3, 2023

by Nadin Mai

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I have often been asked how I got interested in Slow Cinema, how I was able to distinguish slow films from other arthouse films. I...

Films

Longing in times of social distancing

October 11, 2022

by Nadin Mai

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The following was written for a project filmmaker Saeed Taji Farouky, who dreamt of putting together a magazine he would call MEAT and which would...

Books & Articles

Pre-order: The Art(s) of Slow Cinema Anthology

August 19, 2022

by Nadin Mai

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Thirteen years ago, I saw my first slow film. Ten years ago, I started writing about slow films. A decade of writing, of thinking, of...

Films Research

Apichatpong’s shamanic journeys

July 7, 2022

by Nadin Mai

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I see a little boy. He stands on one leg. He wears shorts and a short-sleeved chequered shirt. He holds up one of his hands...

Films

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...

Films