Sept 15 - 8:00 pm

Lumière at the Drive In

Special Event

The old adage “truth is stranger than fiction” sure seems trite now. As we reemerge into the post-pandemic* world let’s not take weirdness for granted. Let’s lean into the mysterious, distinct, magical things about us: our rituals, our dances, our monuments, our relationships and our art. Let’s look deep inside ourselves (with x-rays!), but also relax in our cars and eat popcorn. Join us at the Cape Breton Drive-in when Lumiere 2022 presents a collection of celebrated short films from around the world that contain many truths.

SHE NEVER DANCES ALONE
directed by Jeffrey Gibson
dance, USA, 3 minutes

SOLSTICE AT CARHENGE*
directed by Courtney Stephens and Pacho Velez
nonfiction, USA, 6 minutes
*special work-in-progress screening

SUCCOR
directed by Hannah Cheesman
fiction, Canada, 13 minutes

SANCTUS
directed by Barbara Hammer
experimental, USA, 18 minutes

BIRD IN THE PENINSULA
directed by Atsushi Wada
animation, France/Japan, 16 minutes

INCLINCATIONS
directed by Alice Sheppard and Danielle Peers
dance, Canada, 5 minutes

STONE
directed by Kevin Jerome Everson
nonfiction, USA, 7 minutes

TOGETHER
directed by Albert Shin
fiction, South Korea/Canada, 13 minutes

MUNICIPAL RELAXATION MODULE
directed by Matthew Rankin
fiction, Canada, 6 minutes

Lumiere Arts Festival 2024 // The Art of Caring

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.