“We all want to forget something, so we tell stories. It’s easier that way.”
Rashomon, Akira Kurosawa, 1950
Lumiere is delighted to present its intimate 15-seat cinema.
Every Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 p.m., we present a curated selection of films for those who appreciate the art of cinema and beautiful stories.
Loving art above all else and respecting its creators, we show only films for which we own the rights, bought a license, or have proper authorisations.
Reserve your seat with your barista or send us a message.
Ticket: $5
Film Program
FRAME BY FRAME
Saturday 31st October – 2.30pm
Sunday 1st November – 2.30pm
Photo Phnom Penh Festival
Documentary – 2015 – 1h25min
Alexandria Bombach & Mo Scarpelli – USA
Dari and English with English subtitles
After decades of Taliban rule, photography was once forbidden in Afghanistan. Frame by Frame follows four Afghan photojournalists as they navigate a new era of press freedom, risking their lives to document their country and reshape how the world sees it.
PATRIA OBSCURA
Saturday 7th November – 2.30pm
Sunday 8th November – 2.30pm
Photo Phnom Penh Festival
Documentary – 2013 – 1h23
Stéphane Ragot – France
French with English subtitles
A captivating documentary about ancestral ghosts and the heavy legacy attached to the blood and land of one’s country.
Patria Obscura tells the story of a photographer who explores the fractured landscape of memory to bring his grandfathers’ lives back to life. Through their fragmented pasts, he traces a family history marked by conflict, silence and a shameful secret.
In a world where national identity, supposedly unique and immutable, is once again becoming a dangerous imperative, the film reveals the novel of a country, France, at war with itself.
Helmut Newton: the Bad and the Beautiful
Saturday 14th November – 2.30pm
Sunday 15th November – 2.30pm
Photo Phnom Penh Festival
Documentary – 2020 – 1h33
Directed by Géro Von Boehm – Germany
English, German, and French with English subtitles
Women were clearly at the core of legendary photographer Helmut Newton’s work. The stars of his iconic portraits and fashion editorials – from Anna Wintour to Grace Jones, Charlotte Rampling to Isabella Rossellini – finally give their own interpretation of the life and work of this controversial genius. A portrait by the portrayed. Provocative, unconventional, subversive, his depiction of women still sparks the question: were they subjects or objects?
Looking For Gilles Caron
Saturday 21st November – 2.30pm
Sunday 22nd November – 2.30pm
Photo Phnom Penh Festival
Documentary – 2019 – 1h33
Directed by Mariana Otero – France
French with English subtitles
Gilles Caron was at the height of his career as a photojournalist when he disappeared in Cambodia in 1970, aged just 30. Through his iconic photographs and the gaps between them, this investigative film retraces his gaze and the remarkable story of how he covered the defining conflicts of his time in just a few years.