Lucid Intervals: Rivers

Friday, December 6 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

Méandres ou la rivière inventée

by Marie Lusson and Émilien de Bortoli
France | 2023 | 1h30
Language : French

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 2024 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

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 2024 at 4:00 p.m.

Río Rojo

by Guillermo Quintero
France, Colombia | 2023 | 1h10
Language: Spanish, French subtitles

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

Following the screening, a discussion will take place with Raphaël Mathevet, ecologist and geographer, Séverine Chardès, Head of Service at Symadrem and Guillermo Quintero, documentary filmmaker and director of Río Rojo; moderated by Martin Guinard, curator at LUMA Arles.