Tribute to Holocaust Victims of Nazism and Fascism on Tao-Films VoD

Tao-Films VoD is an online distributor service based in France and specializes in previously undistributed independent and art-house cinema, Contemporary Contemplative Cinema (CCC) "Slow Cinema". All the films are curated by Nadin Mai PhD.

For independent avantgard filmmakers like myself Tao-Films VoD is a great opportunity to show their films. Avantgardel filmmakers are often marginalized and underrepresented. Not ease to find platforms where talented but unknown or lesser known filmmakers are able to showcase their mostly "low or no budget" art-house films. Critics are never heard about their films because no festivals, cinemas, museums, TV channels gave opportunity for the creators as individual artists. "Slow Cinema" is boring, ergo neither arouse so much interest nor makes any profit. Typical 22 catch.

Today I would like to inform my readers that Two of my Holocaust related experimental contemplative short films are available on Tao-Films VoD from this week for a limited time for free. Previously I wrote an article about the two films and If you are interested please click here.

"Fear" was entirely filmed in Auschwitz I. and Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland and "Requiem for the Forgottens" in Budapest, Hungary. Both films pay tribute to the memory of the Holocaust Victims. Before you start to watch the films I suggest you to pump up the volume or use headphone and turn off the light, even close the shutter on the window. It takes only a few minutes from your life to watch these two films, but maybe can change your entire life.

If you think my films can arouse other people, critics, NGO, museum, festival, school, library, etc... interest, please let me know. I would appreciate if you can help to shout out and share my films on social media ( Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc... )

Please visit and watch great films from fellow filmmakers on Tao-Films VoD the only curated platform providing opportunity for underrepresented international avantgard filmmakers devoted to Contemporary Contemplative Cinema (CCC) "Slow Cinema".

Thank You!

S-21 Requiem "Remember"

After a long time last week I visited the current Tuol Sleng Museum of Genocide (former high school, Pol Pot's secret prison) again and I decided to photograph from different point of view. These photos are from the series of S-21 Requiem, which part of the "Remember" project. I took a picture of the original photos already taken by the prison photographers and relocated in a new environment (I mean digitally modified my original photos I took in the S-21). Emotionally was more difficult to create these dramatic images, than taking pictures in the "Museum" about the randomly chosen photos. I saw giggling Khmer students in front the photos of tortured prisoners. There are several picture sign outside on each building wall “Don’t Laugh". It was very strange for me, but now I understand why. There's a lots of thing to do for the Ministry of Education, the Community leaders, NGO’s, School directors, Teachers and Parents, etc... in this country.

Between 1975 -79 as many as 30.000 prisoners Khmer and foreigners were held, starved to death, tortured, or killed in S-21. The innocent girl name on the middle photo is Bophana. You can read more about her if you buy Elizabeth Becker's book "Love in the Time of the Khmer Rouge".