Lucid Intervals
Screenings and discussions
Behemoth by Zhao Liang
Sand Land by Toshihisa Yokoshima
Paradis by Alexander Abaturov
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.
March 7-8: Biblical Monsters / Telluric Forces
Friday, March 7 at 7:00 p.m.
Behemoth by Zhao Liang
France, China | 2015 | 1h35
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 2:00 p.m
Young Audience Screening — Ages 9 and up
Sand Land by Toshihisa Yokoshima
Japan | 2023 | 1h46 (animated film)
In a desert world where both demons and humans suffer from an extreme water shortage, the demon prince Beelzebub, the demon Thief, and the human sheriff Rao set out on an adventure to find the legendary Source, hidden somewhere in the heart of the desert.
Awards:
- 2024 - Official Selection Shanghai International Film Festival
- 2023 - Official Selection Catalonia International Film Festival
- 2023 - Special Mention - Fantasia film festival
Saturday, March 8 at 4:00 p.m
Paradis by Alexander Abaturov
France, Switzerland | 2022 | 1h29
Yakut and Russian with French subtitles
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
Following the screening, a discussion will take place.
UPCOMING
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.