CibeCarib UK (Ed. 2): Fanon (London Premiere)
๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป! On ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ด, at ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐บ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ presents the ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป of ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ in the ๐จ๐. Following the ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ-๐ผ๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป in ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ in early September, featuring a preview screening of ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ, for this ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป we will be bringing the feature film ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ป to ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ for its ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด. Donโt miss this powerful biopic about the influential anti-colonial psychiatrist, writer and activist ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ป, focusing on his pivotal years in Algeria (1953-1956) and his growing involvement in the countryโs struggle for independence. The screening will be introduced by ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐. 
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ (๐๐ฑ. ๐ฎ): ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ป (๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ)
Date: Sunday, October 18, 2026
Time: 2pm
Venue: The Garden Cinema
Address: 39-41 Parker St, London
Title: ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ป
Director: Jean-Claude Barny
Country: Algeria, France, Luxembourg, Canada, Belgium
Year: 2024
Length: 132′
Language: French and Arabic
Subtitles: English
Extra: Introduction by ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐
Extra: In honor of ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต ๐จ๐
More info & tickets: Soon available at www.thegardencinema.co.uk
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ป
Fanon is a compelling biographical drama directed by Jean-Claude Barny, a French director of Guadeloupean and Trinidadian origin, that focuses on Fanon’s tenure at the Blida psychiatric hospital in Algeria during the 1950s. In 1953, the Martiniquan psychiatrist became the head of the hospital’s psychiatry department, where he treated both French soldiers and Algerian victims of torture and introduced innovative, patient-centered methods of psychiatric care. His progressive approach faced resistance from colleagues and the institution’s director. As the Algerian War of Independence intensified, Fanon’s commitment to decolonization led him to align with the National Liberation Front (FLN), deepening his involvement in the fight against colonial oppression.
The film’s narrative intertwines pivotal moments from Fanon’s earlier life in Martinique and France with contemporary scenes in Algeria, and ends with his untimely death from leukemia in 1961 at the age of 36 and his burial in Algeria, at a cemetery dedicated to fallen FLN fighters. His final book, The Wretched of the Earth, which he dictated from his hospital bed, was published shortly before his death and became a powerful manifesto for anti-colonial struggles around the world. Fanon, who would have become 100 last year (Fanon100), remains a key intellectual figure in the field of postcolonial studies and current decolonization debates.
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Caribbean Creativity is a Kingston- and Amsterdam-based non-profit organisation dedicated to the programming and promotion of Caribbean and Caribbean-themed cinema. Over the years, the organisation has organised over 350 screenings in cinemas and other venues, including numerous premieres. In 2020, Caribbean Creativity launched YardVibes, a streaming platform dedicated to independent Caribbean and African filmmaking. The platform currently features more than 100 titles, ranging from feature films and documentaries to web series and short films, with new content added monthly. This year, Caribbean Creativity launched CineCarib in the UK, a new screening series bringing contemporary Caribbean cinema to audiences in London. For more information, visit www.caribbeancreativity.nl.
