Portolan recently stepped from behind the microphone to the red carpet (albeit a modest, thoughtful one) for a one-night-only film event in Sydney. The gathering, titled wasn’t a blockbuster premiere but a curated evening of short films and panel discussion, designed to visualize the very themes she explores weekly on the podcast.
As the night wound down, Portolan was surrounded by a small crowd of fans, many clutching dog-eared copies of her book The Joy of Missing Out . When asked if this film event would become a recurring feature, she smiled. “If slow love teaches you anything, it’s not to rush the sequel. Let the credits roll. Sit with it. We’ll see.”
The evening featured three short films from Australian female directors, each exploring a different facet of modern intimacy: the anxiety of the unanswered text, the choreography of a first kiss after a dating-app match, and the quiet dissolution of a marriage not with a bang, but with a series of ignored notifications.
If you’d like, I can also adapt this into a shorter news brief, a radio script, or a Q&A format.
For now, Slow Love continues its weekly podcast run—but Portolan has clearly signaled that her lens is widening. From ear to eye, from swipe to stillness, she’s documenting not just how we date, but how we dare to linger.
Portolan recently stepped from behind the microphone to the red carpet (albeit a modest, thoughtful one) for a one-night-only film event in Sydney. The gathering, titled wasn’t a blockbuster premiere but a curated evening of short films and panel discussion, designed to visualize the very themes she explores weekly on the podcast.
As the night wound down, Portolan was surrounded by a small crowd of fans, many clutching dog-eared copies of her book The Joy of Missing Out . When asked if this film event would become a recurring feature, she smiled. “If slow love teaches you anything, it’s not to rush the sequel. Let the credits roll. Sit with it. We’ll see.”
The evening featured three short films from Australian female directors, each exploring a different facet of modern intimacy: the anxiety of the unanswered text, the choreography of a first kiss after a dating-app match, and the quiet dissolution of a marriage not with a bang, but with a series of ignored notifications.
If you’d like, I can also adapt this into a shorter news brief, a radio script, or a Q&A format.
For now, Slow Love continues its weekly podcast run—but Portolan has clearly signaled that her lens is widening. From ear to eye, from swipe to stillness, she’s documenting not just how we date, but how we dare to linger.