FRANTZ FANON

Genre

Biopic, Drama

Language

VOSTA

Duration

Rating

Synopsis

FILM AND ROUNDTABLE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FONDU AU NOIR FESTIVAL.

The screening will be followed by a roundtable discussion led by Diane Gistal, independent contemporary art curator.

Guests:

Thibault Tranchant, PhD in Philosophy and professor at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit

Ernest-Marie Mbonda, Philosophy professor at Cégep de Sherbrooke and lecturer at UQAM and Université de Montréal

Synopsis:

Faithful chronicles from the last century at the psychiatric hospital of Blida-Joinville, during the time when Dr. Frantz Fanon was head of the fifth division between 1953 and 1956.

French Algeria, 1953. At the Blida-Joinville hospital, Frantz Fanon, a young Black psychiatrist, tries to heal the Algerians from their alienation, when war suddenly erupts within the hospital itself.

*Awards and Special Mentions:

*Jury Prize – Annaba Mediterranean Film Festival 2024

*Official Selections – World Premiere, 74th Berlinale 2024

Release year

2024

Release date

February 04, 2026

Directed by

Abdenour Zahzah

Country

Algeria, France

Actors