Interviews Interview with Zhengfan Yang (Distant) February 3, 2014 by Nadin Mai No Comments Before I go ahead with more blog posts on the relation of Slow Cinema and Chinese painting, here’s a brief email interview with director Zhengfan... Read More
Festivals Films Slow Cinema in the News – January 2014 January 28, 2014 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments Here’s a brief rundown of news from this month. I tend to tweet these things, but I think it’s a good idea to summarise it... Read More
Festivals Films Slow Cinema at Rotterdam and Glasgow January 23, 2014 by Nadin Mai No Comments The new year starts of nicely for Slow Cinema. The International Film Festival Rotterdam and the Glasgow Film Festival have a range of slow films... Read More
Films Misc Research Happy Slow Year 2014 January 2, 2014 by Nadin Mai No Comments Here it is, the New Year. I hope you all had a lovely Hogmanay and New Year’s day in your respective countries around the world.... Read More
Films Day 24 – Surprise (me) December 24, 2013 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment I finish this year’s advent calendar with a self-experiment in slow-filmmaking. It’s one thing to watch slow films all the time. But as I was... Read More
Films Day 22 – Two Years At Sea (Rivers) December 22, 2013 by Nadin Mai No Comments Ben Rivers needs to be included in this year's advent calendar. When I watched his film first time round at last year's Slow Cinema weekend... Read More
Films Day 20 – Interview with the Earth (Pereda) December 20, 2013 by Nadin Mai 2 Comments Quite a while ago, I watched Summer of Goliath (2010) by Nicolas Pereda, a hugely interesting slow-film director from Mexico. Pereda is not only interesting because... Read More
Films Day 8 – Vive l’Amour (Ming-liang) December 8, 2013 by Nadin Mai 1 Comment Time for a bit of love on the second advent. Or maybe not, because Tsai Ming-liang's Vive l'Amour (1994) is, as all of his other films, not... Read More
Films Day 3 – Oxhide I (Jiayin) December 3, 2013 by Nadin Mai 4 Comments On day three, I have thankfully managed to avoid further motion sickness. Although I cannot say that I have moved into a better environment. Quite... Read More
Films Literally Distant November 9, 2013 by Nadin Mai 4 Comments Sometimes you only have to be patient. Patience is a virtue, and without patience you can't endure a slow film. Or waiting for a slow film,... Read More