Short Films at the Drive In

Sept 25

Special Event

Lumiere parks at the Cape Breton Drive-in for a fifth year on Thursday, September 25th. This year’s programme features short films from such cinematic locales as Ireland, New York City, Saskatchewan, and Cheticamp. Buckle up for a varied lineup that includes documentary, amanimation, sci-fi, and some films that resist categorization but are certain to leave a lasting impression. What better way to celebrate the Lumiere 2025 theme of constellations than at our beloved theatre under the stars.

This is a free event beginning at dusk.

Please note this screening is intended for adult audiences. Tune your radio to 88.3FM

Pidikwe
Directed by Caroline Monnet
dance, Canada, 10 minutes

Once in a Body
Directed by Maria Cristina Perez Gonzalez
animation, Columbia/USA, 10 minutes

Suêtes
Directed by Neil Livingston
documentary, Canada, 25 minutes

Feed
Directed by Nancy Urich
horror, Canada, 6 minutes

We Beg to Differ
Directed by Ruairi Bradley
documentary, Ireland, 12 minutes

Klee
Directed by Gavin Baird
drama, Canada, 19 minutes

Creek
Directed by Ana Mendieta
silent, USA, 4 minutes

30 Second Spots
Directed by Joan Logue
commercials, USA, 30 seconds each

Lumière Arts Festival 2025 // Constellations

Lumiere Arts Festival invites artists and community members to reflect on the concept of care.

In a polarized landscape, care can lap like a brook, or pound like large waves crashing ashore. To care is to tend, to root, to rebel, to share and to endure. This year, the festival is encouraging artists to submit works rooted in solidarity, with community building as resistance, that explores the need to care for ourselves, others, and the earth, both locally and globally. The Lumiere Arts Festival makes space for joy, contemporary art, and meaningful dialogue.

Land Acknowledgement

Lumière Arts Festival, on behalf of the board, the artists, and the communities we represent, acknowledges that we work, live and play in the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people, in Unama’ki Cape Breton, who have stewarded these lands since time immemorial.

We are grateful not only for the strong and ongoing stewardship of these lands we call home, but also for the stories, music, and art that Mi’kmaq people continue to create and share, carrying ancestral voices, sacred teachings, and legacies of interconnectedness and resilience forward into the present and on to the future.

We aspire to reflect that sense of connection between past and present in our festival. We are inspired by L’nu artists to foster connection and self-reflection in our work. We will work to ensure that art is accessible, inclusive, and integrated into public spaces so that we can share our collective stories, recognizing the challenges of our past and imagining brighter futures.

We are all Treaty people.