1996 | Color | 1h 45 min During the summer of 1995, faithful to what has now become a tradition, residents and staff at the La Borde psychiatric clinic get together to put on the play they are to perform on August 15th. The fifilm shows the ups and downs of the rehearsals. But beyond the process of the play´s staging, it describes life at La Borde, everyday life, time passing, trivial events, loneliness and tiredness, as well as the moments of merriment, laughter, and wit peculiar to certain residents, and the close attention which people pay to one another... Country: Francia Direction: Philibert; Nicolas Production: Lalou; Serge Photography: Philibert; Nicolás, Djian; Katel Music: Giroud; André Participation year at FICM: 2008
1996 | Color | 1h 45 min During the summer of 1995, faithful to what has now become a tradition, residents and staff at the La Borde psychiatric clinic get together to put on the play they are to perform on August 15th. The fifilm shows the ups and downs of the rehearsals. But beyond the process of the play´s staging, it describes life at La Borde, everyday life, time passing, trivial events, loneliness and tiredness, as well as the moments of merriment, laughter, and wit peculiar to certain residents, and the close attention which people pay to one another... Country: Francia Direction: Philibert; Nicolas Production: Lalou; Serge Photography: Philibert; Nicolás, Djian; Katel Music: Giroud; André Participation year at FICM: 2008
At Averroes & Rosa Parks Averroès and Rosa Parks are two psychiatric units in the same network as the Adamant, the clinic in Nicolas Philibert’s film Sur l’Adamant. Here, Philibert continues to explore this topic. From individual interviews to patient/carer meetings, we find a form of psychiatry that strives to rehabilitate patients’ words. In an increasingly depleted health system, how can the forsaken find a place in society? See More
On the Adamant The Adamant is a unique day-care center. A floating structure located on the Seine, in the heart of Paris, it welcomes adults with mental disorders, offering the kind of care that grounds them in time and space and helps them recover or keep up their spirits. The management team tries to resist the deterioration and dehumanization of psychiatry as best as they can. See More
Each and Every Moment Every year, thousands of students—mostly women—enroll in nursing school, where they take classes and work as interns. Throughout this intense and difficult process, they will have to acquire an enormous body of knowledge and prepare to shoulder heavy responsibilities. This documentary narrates the ups and downs of a field that will confront them with wounded human bodies and souls. See More
54 years after the Halconazo 06 · 12 · 25 Salón Los Ángeles on Screen 06 · 05 · 25 Sundance Film Festival CDMX 2025: ABEL, HEROD'S LAW and more 05 · 29 · 25 Four 22nd FICM short films presented at the 64th Cannes Critics’ Week got a special screening in Paris 05 · 26 · 25
Four 22nd FICM short films presented at the 64th Cannes Critics’ Week got a special screening in Paris 05 · 26 · 25
