Lucid Intervals
Screenings and discussions
February Screenings
The Tree of Authenticity – Sammy Baloji
Mia and the Migoo – Jacques‑Rémy Girerd
The Time of Forests – François‑Xavier Drouet
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. Screenings specially designed for young audiences are part of the program.
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.
Free admission to screenings, upon reservation.
February Theme: The Tree
This session connects three perspectives on the forest. Sammy Baloji’s The Tree of Authenticity links colonial history to today’s ecological crisis, while Drouet’s The Time of Forests looks at the troubling industrialization of French forests. A children’s film, Mia and the Migoo, offers a more dreamlike take on the forest world.
Friday, February 6 at 6:30 p.m.
The Tree of Authenticity by Sammy Baloji
Documentary | Democratic Republic of the Congo and Belgium | 2025 | 1h29
In French and Dutch (French subtitles)
In the heart of the Congolese forest, the remnants of the Yangambi INERA research station, once dedicated to tropical agriculture, reveal the weight of the colonial past and its ties to today’s climate change. Through the voices of Paul Panda Farnana and Abiron Beirnaert, two scientists who worked in Yangambi between 1910 and 1950, The Tree of Authenticity retraces the ecological destruction set in motion during Belgian colonization.
Awards:
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2025 - Visions du Réel - Highlights
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2025 - International Film Festival Rotterdam - Tiger Special Jury Award
Saturday, February 7 at 2:00 p.m.
Young Audience Screening — Ages 7 and up
Mia and the Migoo by Jacques‑Rémy Girerd
Animated Film | France | 2008 | 1h31
In French
One night Mia has a premonition. So after saying a few words of parting at her mother's grave, she sets out on a journey across mountains and jungles to search for her father, who is trapped in a landslide at a remote construction site.
Awards:
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2009 – European Film Awards: Best Animated Feature Film
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2008 – Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival (Canada): Animé TVA Award
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2008 – Mon 1er Festival – City of Paris: Audience Award
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2008 – Voix d’étoiles Festival: Special Mention for the voice of Garance Lagraa (Mia)
Friday, February 7 at 4:00 p.m.
The Time of Forests by François-Xavier Drouet
France | 2018 | 1h43
In French
Iconic of unspoiled Mother Nature, forests are going through an unrivalled phase of industrialisation: heavy machinery, single-crop farming, fertiliser and pesticides, a loss of traditional expertise. Forest management has been fast-tracked into intensive farming. Le Temps des forêts is a journey into the heart of industrial forestry and its alternatives. Lush forest or green desert? Today’s choices will shape tomorrow’s landscape.
Awards:
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2023 – International History Film Festival
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2019 – Greenpeace Film Festival: Selection
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2018 – Locarno International Film Festival: Critics’ Week Award
After the screening, a discussion will take place with Sammy Baloji, filmmaker, visual artist, and photographer, and Jean-Michel Frodon, film critic, journalist, and professor at Sciences Po, moderated by Martin Guinard, curator at LUMA Arles.
After the screening and discussion: Lucid Afters
The Lucid Afters are the perfect opportunity to continue the conversation with the speakers following the screenings and discussions of Lucid Intervals.
The Drum Café team welcomes you in a warm and friendly atmosphere to discover original creations specially crafted for the event by head bartender Arnaud. A variety of preparations, some inspired by the evening’s theme, will be served.
UPCOMING
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.
The series of screenings has been curated by Rasha Salti, Independent Curator, Jean-Michel Frodon, Film Critic with Vassilis Oikonomopoulos, Artistic Director, LUMA Arles, Martin Guinard, Curator, LUMA Arles and Salma Mochtari, Researcher associate, LUMA Arles. The program for young audiences was developed in collaboration with Louise Rolland, Head of Mediation at 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.
The films presented are protected under copyright law; any reproduction without prior authorization is strictly prohibited.
In reproducing the works contained in these films, LUMA Arles has made its best efforts and acted in good faith to obtain the required authorizations from the rights holders. Should certain rights holders not have been identified or contacted, or in the event of any error or omission with respect to the copyrights concerned, the parties in question are invited to contact LUMA Arles in order to regularize the situation.