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Experimental film, the Religious, Cinema and Voice: Nina Danino Film Writings Routledge 2027
This is the first collection of writings by artist and filmmaker Nina Danino. Affiliated to the London Film-Makers’ Co-operative in the 80s Nina Danino was also a collective and editorial member of Undercut (1982-88) and co Editor of the Undercut Reader (2002). She is a founder of the CHASE funded Religion and Art (2019-2026) research initiative and convenor-author of Experimental film and the subject/ive at the London Film-makers’ Co-op: A series of conversations with women filmmakers by Nina Danino LUX 2025 She is a Reader in Fine Art, School of Art, Goldsmiths, University of London.
Nina Danino has been making films since the 1980s, her writings address her experimental film practice through literary critical theory, the discourse of psychoanalysis, theological portals, phenomenology and feminist perspectives of woman centred practice. Each of her films includes in depth research and which forms its foundation. Being experimental, these films do not have conventional plots, stories or actors available in fiction film analysis. Instead, the writing in this volume is filtered through the themes which emerge in her work; jouissance, the voice, the icon, the religious, place, devotion, ecstasy, geographic region, the Mediterranean, the Straits, women’s social and existential experience, the subject/ive, inscription, materiality. This volume is selected from writings which give an overview of the films’ visual languages and how each developed the presence of the voice in each film which is a unique part of her practice.”
Sandy Denny Expanded (provisional title) with musician Bert Page (Cromagnon Band and Project Gemini).
Vision Seven: A recital on Hildegard of Bingen. Vision Seven: Sed Diabolus (extract) accompanied by electric guitarist of South London noise band Guiguisuisui. Visit here
The Far South is a long film project which incorporates many of the themes in my work. A journey of encounters with dialogue, voice over and a music track. Walking on borders of the erotic and religious. TRAILER
Forthcoming
Venice “All winter comes into my being” WINTER SONGS A short 16mm film filmed on location in Venice. With Pietro Fanelli as The Devil. With music by Glasgow musician Dirt Brooks. Written and recited by Nina Danino.
Venice “Sadness rises in me like the sea” WINTER LIGHT A feature length film filmed on location in Venice. Written by Nina Danino, With Pietro Fanelli as The Devil. As Herself Nina Danino. Featuring Tomás Luis de Victoria’s Officium Defunctorum, Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe.
Chronology 2023 to date
Religion&Art + the subjective : Goldsmiths College, London on Friday 13th March and Saturday 14th March 2026. With presenting artists: Daniel Thomas Freeman / Aryavandana – Caroline Smith / Frances Young / Mimi Nicholson / Nina Trigo / e.g. King / John Rogers / Aly Gear / Rachel Garfield / Barbie AI / Nina Danino / Christian Molenaar / SACRA / Lucille Brownrigg / Mark Dean / Teresa Calonje and Dominic White / Jess Wood / Helen Blejerman / Linda Mary Montano / Guiguisuisui / Susan Francis / Jess Wood / David Leal / Cilla Vee / Danni Stewart / Grace Papineau-Couture / Holly Slingsby / Ryan Hooper / Lili Süper / Maya Brachfeld / Noa Amson & friends / Ilya Utekhin / Elena Botts www.religionandart.org
Unknown Sounds, Nina Danino on her film soundtracks, curated by Elena Botts, Wave Farm, WGXC-90.7 FM, NY State. Broadcast 15.01.26 Listen here
‘Framed in Reflection’: Experimental film and the subject/ive. Screening & panel Q&A Goldsmiths Cinema, Saturday 6 December, 2025 Launch of Experimental Film and the Subjective/ive at the London Filmmakers’ Co-op: A series of conversations with women filmmakers by Nina Danino LUX publication 31 October 2025 This project of in-depth interviews with six filmmakers was initiated in 2019-2020 and completed in 2024-2025. Read on LUX website.
“Saturday 6th, December, The Goldsmiths Cinema will see the public launch of the major, historic and vital project- Experimental film and the subject/ive at the London Film-makers’ Co-op: A series of conversations with women filmmakers by Nina Danino. They are complex, intellectual, creative, generous and beautiful”. Helen de Witt
From Here to Eternity a video of a poem by Nico (Christa Päffgen) A rare poem (possibly) by Nico found in an obscure journal, sent by John Gianvito. Recited by Nina Danino on Nico’s 87th anniversary 16 October 2025. View
ILFORD 781 TYPE P a 16mm film of portraits of Ian Treherne and Nina Danino by Nina Danino shot on obsolete stock, 3 minutes and 8 minutes with music. Thanks for processing to Arepo Films and James Holcombe.And a photoshoot of portraits of Nina Danino by photographer Ian Treherne. 14.10.25.
XXXI. THE NIGHT-SONG by Nina Danino with Precious Akindele-Obasusi on organ. A recital of readings and vocals from Thus Spake Zarathustra and Psalms to organ drone and music. St. John’s Church, St. John’s Vale, London SE8 4EA, Fringe Deptford X 12 July 2025. View on You Tube Listen on Bandcamp
July 1978, 235 2nd Avenue, Apart. 1B, NY 1000. A video filmed in New York, July 2025, Digital, 17 minutes. Camera and sound Clara Behnk. Thanks to SB Rodriguez Plate and April-Judson Fellowship 2025, Judson Memorial Church, New York. In this video I read out letters written from this address in the Summer of 1978. Video info here
MARIA is an experimental film in which Maria Callas is seen in recordings of different performances – Norma, Tosca, Medea and recitals. Callas is transfigured in an audio-visual ICONOSTASIS (a wall of icons) of archive and newly shot footage. 2023 is the Anniversary of Maria Callas.
MARIA was launched on 14 December 2023, Opera North, Leeds. More information here.
TRAILER MARIA
LUX Interview with Jo Blair THE MYTH AND CULT OF MARIA CALLAS here
MARIA is a diptych and sister film to SOLITUDE (2022). More information here
SOLITUDE Nina Danino’s film with Nico (Christa Päffgen) (Velvet Underground) as icon, screen and poet was launched on 24th January 2023 at the London Short Film Festival as a special event where Gagarin (Graham Dowdall) performed his new soundtrack. For more details here.
TRAILER Saeta
TRAILER Nico “In Between the Lines”
TRAILER Poem “When I Have Fears that I May Cease to Be”
Press
Nico in Dark Times : Nina Danino’s Solitude by Laura Staab ALT/KINO
“… two exquisite films by Nina Danino, Solitude (2022) and MARIA (2023)… focus respectively on, Nico and Maria Callas” Kieron Corliss Associate Editor, Sight and Sound