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Méandres ou la rivière inventée by Marie Lusson et Émilien de Bortoli
Our Hospitality by Buster Keaton et John G. Blystone
Río rojo by Guillermo Quintero
The Tower
Auditorium, Level 1
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One weekend per month, from October to April, LUMA Arles offers a series of screenings followed by discussions at the Parc des Ateliers, with free admission upon reservation. This year, the program is further enriched with sessions specifically designed for young audiences.
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.
December 6-7: Rivers
Friday, December 6 at 7:00 p.m.
Méandres ou la rivière inventée by Marie Lusson and Émilien de Bortoli
France | 2023 | 1h30
French
Last-minute tickets will only be available at the LUMA Arles box office on the day of the screening, within the limits of available seats.
In the middle of summer, a group of friends embarks on a journey down a river on a makeshift raft. The physical and living obstacles they encounter reflect the transformations and disruptions of waterways caused by humans. Combining the spirit of a road trip with scientific insight, the film weaves connections between submerged and emergent worlds, offering multiple perspectives that foster a restorative encounter between humans and non-humans.
Awards:
- 2024 - Official Selection Jean Rouch International Festival
- 2024 - Documed: Tunis Mediterranean Documentary Film Festival
- 2023 - Cinemed: Montpellier International Mediterranean Film Festival
Saturday, December 7 at 2:00 p.m
Young Audience Screening — Ages 7 and up
Our Hospitality by Buster Keaton and John G. Blystone
USA | 1923 | 1h14
Silent with English intertitles and French subtitles
Last-minute tickets will only be available at the LUMA Arles box office on the day of the screening, within the limits of available seats.
At the beginning of the 19th century, an age-old feud violently opposes the Canfield and McKay families. Young Willie McKay, unaware of this tragic history, arrives in his hometown to claim his family inheritance. However, after being invited to dinner by the lovely Virginie Canfield, he unknowingly finds himself in the home of his mortal enemies, where the laws of hospitality strictly forbid the killing of a guest under one’s roof.
Saturday, December 7 at 4:00 p.m
Río rojo by Guillermo Quintero
France, Colombia | 2023 | 1h10
Spanish, French subtitles
Following the screenings, a discussion will take place.
Last-minute tickets will only be available at the LUMA Arles box office on the day of the screening, within the limits of available seats.
In the Serranía de la Macarena, in the north of the Colombian Amazon, runs the mythical Red river. Young Oscar, Doña María and the Indian Sabino live there in communion with nature. But this area, once preserved by the conflict with the FARC, is now a victim of its beauty and is endangered by the arrival of new visitors.
Awards:
- 2024 - Official Selection Jean Rouch International Festival
- 2023 - Feature film selection Panorama du cinéma colombien
- 2023 - Feature film selection Amiens International Film Festival
UPCOMING
FEBRUARY⎟The Abyss
- Friday, February 7 at 7:00 p.m.:The Abyss by James Cameron (1989), United States, 2h19.
- Saturday, February 8 at 2:00 p.m.: Young Audience Screening: Kingdom of the Abyss by Xiaopeng Tian (2024), China, 1h52 (animated film).
- Saturday, February 8 at 4:00 p.m.: Deep Rising by Matthieu Rytz (2023), United States, 1h33.
MARCH⎟Theme: Biblical Monsters / Telluric Forces
- Friday, March 7 at 7:00 p.m.: Behemoth by Zhao Liang (2015), France / China, 1h35.
- Saturday, March 8 at 2:00 p.m.: Young Audience Screening: Sand Land by Toshihisa Yokoshima (2023), Japan, 1h46 (animated film).
- Saturday, March 8 at 4:00 p.m.: Paradis by Alexander Abaturov (2022), France / Suisse, 1h29.
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.
The series of screenings has been curated by Rasha Salti, Independent Curator, Jean-Michel Frodon, Film Critic with Vassilis Oikonomopoulos, Director of Exhibitions and Programs, LUMA Arles, Martin Guinard, Curator, LUMA Arles and Salma Mochtari, researcher associate, LUMA Arles.
Biographies:
Rasha Salti is a researcher, writer and curator of art and film based in Beirut and Berlin. At present, she is the commissioning editor for the experimental documentary program “La Lucarne” for Arte France.
Jean-Michel Frodon is a film critic, journalist and teacher at Sciences Po. He is the author of thirty books on cinema, and was notably head of the Cinema section at Le Monde and director of Cahiers du Cinéma.