Ignorance is bliss, according to Nicolas Philibert, director of BAFTA nominee “To Be and to Have” and Berlin best film winner “On the Adamant,” discussing his approach to documentary filmmaking at ...

A unique psychiatric treatment center in the heart of Paris is chronicled in a documentary that premiered in Berlin’s main competition. By Jordan Mintzer The observant documentaries of Nicolas ...

Exclusive: Philibert's feature on a psychiatric center for those dealing with mental illnesses won the top award at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival. Documentarian Nicolas Philibert turned his camera on ...

French docmaker Nicolas Philibert shoots with an eye toward the big screen — an approach that has paid off for his most recent work, “To Be and To Have” (2002). The film was shown in the last New York ...

French filmmaker Nicolas Philibert is one of the world’s leading documentary directors, but he remains “humble,” he told an audience Saturday at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, which had presented ...

French director Nicolas Philibert follows up ‘On the Adamant,' which won Berlin's Golden Bear prize last year, with another deep dive into a psychiatric facility. By Jordan Mintzer Plenty of worthy ...

The "Être et Avoir" docmaker's latest is a low-key affair with gentle emotional peaks that reward viewers' patience — and prove the merit of its non-intrusive approach. It turns out to be the right ...

Indie distributor Kino Lorber has acquired U.S. and English Canadian distribution rights to the observational documentary On the Adamant, which received the prestigious Golden Bear at this year’s ...

Winners have been announced at the 73rd Berlin Film Festival, with On the Adamant by Nicolas Philibert scooping the coveted Golden Bear prize as the best film of the festival’s International ...

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