Slow Cinema Movies

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

An observational documentary, shot on high-contrast black and white 16mm film, about a largely undeveloped river in southeastern North Carolina that...

Outtakes, commentary from Zefier's third film: Jo; or The Act of Riding a Bike.

A young man performs 'pranayama' sitting against a bleak wall. We observe him through a frame that seems to be connected to him in some way. As we go...

Two extraordinary people go on several dates in New York City and plan a project that may change the world for the better.

‘Death Sounds a Quiet Gong’ was originally screened at Village Works (12 St. Marks Place, New York City, NY) on October 24, 2025. The...

A collection of solitary urban images intersect with each other.

A quiet little suburb not far from here. It's Sunday. The sun's out. And so are the husbands...

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

shot in melbourne, may 2024

Two imbeciles — a B-list country music star and his friend, a manipulative Pentecostal preacher — are relentlessly pursued across...

A person must arise, have a telephone call, and go for a walk. There are many pitfalls on this journey. A depraved debunking of Slow Cinema.

Lola's Rainbow is a film about the mundanity of life. It's about feeling trapped in the everyday cycle of repetition. The rainbow is symbolic for...

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

Images captured inside the domestic space during confinement are reconverted into a journey towards sidereal environments. The light manifests. The...

A train is roaring. A girl wades through the tall grass and a man crosses the river. What happened? Did it happen?

A nighttime montage of strangers drifting through the city, People Like Ghosts is an experimental visual poem exploring modern isolation, silent...

Beyond the borders of the waking world lie strange dream-realms, where star forms transmit rainbows and aqueous flowers birth moon-pearls. Toby...

1-channel film installation (21‘20‘‘). 2.00:1 aspherical widescreen, stereophonic sound. A wife waits for her dead husband. An...

‘Under the Weight of a Waking Dream’ is Zefier's debut swan song to the ending year. Comprised of poetry and endless enumerations is a...