IN COMPETITION – BEST FICTION FILM
FANON (dir. Jean-Claude Barny, 2024)
Thu, Feb 19 · 6:45 PM · The Main Cinema (Reception 5:30 PM · Screening + In-Person Q&A)
France / Canada / Luxembourg / Belgium | French, Arabic | Fiction (biopic / historical drama) — 133 min
Attendance: Director in attendance
Selected Awards: Marrakech International Film Festival (Special Screenings; world premiere)
Trailer: Watch trailer
Frantz Fanon, a French psychiatrist from Martinique, is appointed head of a psychiatric ward in Blida, Algeria, at the height of French colonial rule. His methods—and his refusal to accept the system’s logic—clash with the institution around him. Set against the Algerian War, Fanon is a gripping biopic that places medicine, politics, and ethics on the same battlefield, tracing a struggle fought in the name of human dignity and freedom.
Director: Jean-Claude Barny is a French director of Guadeloupean and Trinidadian heritage whose work blends European auteur cinema with American entertainment. After relocating to Guadeloupe in 2003, he made his feature debut with Nèg Maron (2005), and has continued across film and television.
