Black Europe Film Festival

Kick off BEFF 2026 at 5:30 PM with the Opening Reception in Pracna Dining Room
FANON starts at 6:45 PM at The Main Cinema

Director Jean-Claude Barny will be in attendance and will hold a Q&A following the film.

ABOUT THE FILM

Frantz Fanon has just been appointed chief medical officer at the Blida psychiatric hospital in Algeria. Soon after, his innovative methods and humanistic treatment of Algerian patients attract the wrath of his colleagues and the institution’s director. But Fanon is not a man to be stepped on. His determination and ideas draw the attention of the Algerian liberation front fighting against French occupation. With his wife, Josie, he is caught in a vortex of violence that leads him to take up the cause of Algerian independence.

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.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Jean-Claude Barny is a French director of Guadeloupean and Trinidadian heritage whose work blends Eu, he directed his feature debut with Nèg Maron (2005), and has continued to work across film and television.