Intervalles Lucides - Cinéma et discussions
Un week-end par mois, d'octobre à avril, LUMA Arles propose une série de projections suivies de discussions au Parc des Ateliers, en accès libre sur réservation.
These films will explore the relationships between humans and non-humans, interspecies relations, mythologies, and the natural world. Focusing on a different theme each month, these sessions are part of a proposal that also includes exchanges with speakers, researchers, filmmakers, and the audience, on how these films contribute to changing our perceptions.
2024-2025
This year, the program is further enriched with sessions specifically designed for young audiences.
March 7-8: Biblical Monsters / Telluric Forces
Friday, March 7 at 7:00 p.m.
Behemoth by Zhao Liang
France, China | 2015 | 1h35
Chinese with French subtitles
Blurring the line between art and documentary, Behemoth presents us with sublime images of a tragic reality: the northern Chinese grasslands are gradually giving way to vast open-pit coal mines. This is not only an environmental disaster but also a humanitarian one for the thousands of workers working there.
Awards:
- 2015 - Winner Hong Kong International Film Festival: Golden Firebird Award
- 2015 - Winner Stockholm Film Festival: Best Documentary
- 2015 - Nominated for the Venice Film Festival
Saturday, March 8 at 4:00 p.m
Paradis by Alexander Abaturov
France, Switzerland | 2022 | 1h29
Yakut and Russian with French subtitles
Following the screening, a discussion will take place.
In the summer of 2021, an extreme heatwave and severe drought triggered massive wildfires that ravaged 19 million hectares in northeastern Siberia. In this region, at the heart of the taiga, the village of Shologon became shrouded in a thick cloud of smoke. Black ash carried by the wind brought alarming news: the forest was burning, and the flames were drawing near. Abandoned by the government and left to fend for themselves, the villagers must unite to fight the Dragon.
Awards:
- 2023 - Opening film Cinéma du Réel
- 2023 - Nominated for Hong Kong International Film Festival
- 2022 - Nominated for the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival
APRIL⎟Petroleum
- Friday, April 4 at 7:00 p.m.: There Will Be Blood by Paul Thomas Anderson (2007), United States, 2h38
- Saturday, April 5 at 4:00 p.m.: La via del petrolio by Bernardo Bertolucci (1966), Italy, 2h21
Past editions
- February 2025 — The Abyss
- December 2024 — Rivers
- November 2024 — Dogs (Companion Species)
- October 2024 — Sheep
- March 2024 — Swamp
- February 2024 — Coal
- January 2024 — Honey
- November 2023 — Desert
- October 2023 — Forest