Slow Cinema Movies

Once the beating heart of Beijing’s steel industry, Shougang was a leviathan forged from iron and fire. Its blast furnaces once echoed with...

Jo; or The Act of Riding a Bike is Zefier's third film.

The main protagonists of this slow-paced film are abandoned or suspended spaces associated with the production, distribution, and viewing of cinema...

A kaleidoscopic perspective into one woman's experience with self-dissolution and urban alienation.

A couple's evening together is disrupted by a trip to the convenience store.

A collection of solitary urban images intersect with each other.

A pastor struggles to connect with his new rural congregation. When he receives an anonymous note about suicide, he is drawn into the lives of the...

A man obsessed with motivational and right wing culture war videos goes on a hollow road trip of discovery.

Thirty-three shots based on the landscapes of the Isère region near Vienne. A work of observation on light, the dilation of Time, wind, calm...

Surrendering the mind to the hypnotic dance of fire, a candle's glimmer reveals dreamlike memories, illustrated by flickering fragments of...

A dark depiction of an all-encompassing system, that tries to accept depression and negativity by slowly crawling into the empty calmness.

As the inevitable end approaches, Ashraf spends those final moments not so differently from before; moving through life and spending time with his...

A boy who finished school and spends time at home, between routine and sleep, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

After a night of heavy drinking a young man has a dream where an angel tells him the world will end if he doesn't make a sacrifice.

An abstract mood piece that aims to cultivate existential anxiety, exploring the shape and purpose of both man-made and natural objects, while...

A day in the life of a waitress/webcam model as she serves customers, deals with the world around her, and remembers why she does all of it in the...

A young woman comes home, thinking she’s alone.