Screening, Discussion

Lucid Intervals: The Moon

Q: NOVEMBER 2025: The Plain

Friday, November 7 at 6:30 p.m.: The Straight Story – David Lynch (1999), USA, 1h52, English. Saturday, November 8 at 4:00 p.m: The Breath – Alexander Kott (2014), Russia, 1h35, silent.

Q: DECEMBER: The Light

Friday, December 5 at 6:30 p.m.: Yeelen (Brightness) – Souleyman Cissé (1987), Mali, 1h45, Bambara. Saturday, December 6 at 2:00 p.m.: Nocturna – Víctor Maldonado, Adrià García (2007), Spain, 80 min, French. Saturday, December 6 at 4:00 p.m.: The Light Thief – Aktan Arym Kubat (2011), Kyrgyzstan, 1h20, Kyrgyz.

Q: FEBRUARY: The Tree

Friday, February 6 at 6:30 p.m.: The Tree of Authenticity – Sammy Baloji (2025), DR Congo / Belgium, 1h29, French & Dutch. Saturday, February 7 at 2:00 p.m.: Mia and the Migoo – Jacques-Rémy Girerd (2008), France. Saturday, February 7 at 4:00 p.m.: The Time of Forests – François-Xavier Drouet (2018), France, 1h43, French.

Q: MARCH: Horses

Friday, March 6 at 6:30 p.m.: Of Women and Horses – Patricia Mazuy (2012), France, 1h43, French. Saturday, March 7 at 2:00 p.m.: White Mane – Albert Lamorisse (1953), France, 47 min, French. Saturday, March 7 at 4:00 p.m.: Gaucho, Gaucho – Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw (2024), France, 84 min, French.

Q: APRIL: The Flood

Friday, April 3 at 6:30 p.m.: When the Levees Broke – Spike Lee (2006), USA, 2h10 (2 episodes), English. Saturday, April 4 at 2:00 p.m.: Raining Cats and Frogs – Jacques-Rémy Girerd (2003), France, 90 min, French. Saturday, April 4 at 4:00 p.m.: The Sound of Waves – Ryusuke Hamaguchi (2011), Japan, 2h22, Japanese.

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Free, upon booking

With Lucid Intervals, LUMA Arles presents a series of screenings around selected themes.

October Theme: The Moon
This month’s program offers a multifaceted exploration of the Moon — from historical archives (To the Moon), to children’s stories (Mune: Guardian of the Moon), and even the lens of conspiracy theories (Dark Side of the Moon).

Practical information

From 3 October 2025 to 4 October 2025

The Tower, Auditorium, Level 1

Learn more about Lucid Intervals

Friday, October 3 at 6:30 p.m.

To the Moon

by Tadhg O’Sullivan
Ireland | 2020 | 1h16
Multiple languages

To the Moon is a collage film, a homage to the Moon, composed of international archival footage and images shot by renowned cinematographers, interwoven with literary fragments. The film revisits the imagery of cinema history where the Moon takes center stage: tales of love and madness, songs of longing and loss, dreams of innocence, and nightmares of colonialism.

Awards:

2021 – DocsBarcelona: Official Panorama Selection
2020 – Braunschweig International Film Festival: Selection
2020 – Telluride Film Festival: Selection

Saturday, October 4 at 2:00 p.m.

Young audience screening — ages 6 and up

Mune: Guardian of the Moon

by Benoît Philippon & Alexandre Heboyan
France | 2015 | 1h25
French

In a fabulous world, Mune, a mischievous little faun, is chosen as the Guardian of the Moon: the one who brings the night and watches over the world of dreams. But he soon causes one disaster after another, giving the Guardian of Darkness the chance to steal the Sun. With the help of Sohone and Cire, Mune sets off on an extraordinary quest that will turn him into a legendary guardian!

Awards:

2015 – Annecy International Animated Film Festival: Feature Film Selection
2015 – TIFF Kids International Film Festival: Young People’s Jury Award – Best Feature Film (ages 8–10)
2015 – Tokyo Anime Award: Best Film – Feature Length

Saturday, October 4 at 4:00 p.m.

Dark Side of the Moon

by William Karel
France | 2002 | 52 min
French

And what if it was just a huge fraud started by the two superpowers? The precursor to take news? Director William Karel has looked into the United States’ relationship with the image, the cinema and their ability to create a “spectacle”. Which story could better lend itself to this view than the conquest of space, a war of images and spectacle above all else?

Awards:

2024 – War on Screen Festival: Space Conquest
2005 – Images en bibliothèques: Supported by the National Commission for Media Library Selection

Following the screening, a discussion will be held with Elsa De Smet, PhD in Art History and Head of Audiences and Cultural Engagement at the Centre Pompidou-Metz, and Olivier Berné, Research Director at CNRS. The conversation will be moderated by Martin Guinard, Curator at LUMA Arles.

NOVEMBER 2025: The Plain

Friday, November 7 at 6:30 p.m.:
The Straight Story – David Lynch (1999), USA, 1h52, English.

Saturday, November 8 at 4:00 p.m: The Breath – Alexander Kott (2014), Russia, 1h35, silent.

DECEMBER: The Light

Friday, December 5 at 6:30 p.m.:
Yeelen (Brightness) – Souleyman Cissé (1987), Mali, 1h45, Bambara.

Saturday, December 6 at 2:00 p.m.:
Nocturna – Víctor Maldonado, Adrià García (2007), Spain, 80 min, French.

Saturday, December 6 at 4:00 p.m.:
The Light Thief – Aktan Arym Kubat (2011), Kyrgyzstan, 1h20, Kyrgyz.

FEBRUARY: The Tree

Friday, February 6 at 6:30 p.m.: The Tree of Authenticity – Sammy Baloji (2025), DR Congo / Belgium, 1h29, French & Dutch.

Saturday, February 7 at 2:00 p.m.: Mia and the Migoo – Jacques-Rémy Girerd (2008), France.

Saturday, February 7 at 4:00 p.m.: The Time of Forests – François-Xavier Drouet (2018), France, 1h43, French.

MARCH: Horses

Friday, March 6 at 6:30 p.m.: Of Women and Horses – Patricia Mazuy (2012), France, 1h43, French.

Saturday, March 7 at 2:00 p.m.: White Mane – Albert Lamorisse (1953), France, 47 min, French.

Saturday, March 7 at 4:00 p.m.: Gaucho, Gaucho – Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw (2024), France, 84 min, French.

APRIL: The Flood

Friday, April 3 at 6:30 p.m.: When the Levees Broke – Spike Lee (2006), USA, 2h10 (2 episodes), English.

Saturday, April 4 at 2:00 p.m.: Raining Cats and Frogs – Jacques-Rémy Girerd (2003), France, 90 min, French.

Saturday, April 4 at 4:00 p.m.: The Sound of Waves – Ryusuke Hamaguchi (2011), Japan, 2h22, Japanese.