A monthly film series promoting professional and community education on issues pertaining to mental health and illness. Presented by The Cinematheque and the Institute of Mental Health, UBC Department of Psychiatry. Screenings are generally held on the third Wednesday of each month at The Cinematheque, 1131 Howe St, Vancouver, BC.
France/Japan 2023 (109 min DCP)
Director: Nicolas Philibert
Wednesday June 19th @ 7:00pm
The Cinematheque (1131 Howe St)
Film Description
Floating on the Seine River in the heart of Paris, the Adamant is a therapeutic day centre whose distinct architectural form—resembling that of a wooden spaceship-turned-barge—defies the clinical setting. Developed in collaboration with staff and persons living with mental illness, the centre opened in July 2010 and operates as part of the Esquirol psychiatric service of the Saint-Maurice hospital network. With a gentle quotidian lens, director Nicolas Philibert respectfully documents life at the centre. We see those attending the Adamant engage in a range of art-making, demonstrating how creative expression is critical to mental well-being. From planning the anniversary of the centre’s film club to reconciling cash at their cafe, candid conversations and collective decision-making between staff and its members are core to the centre’s operations. Winner of the Golden Bear at last year’s Berlinale, On the Adamant is a tender portrait of collaborative and community-oriented care.
Co-Sponsored by Pathways Clubhouse
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“A moving testament to what people are capable of, if they could just find the right outlet for it.” — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter
“Compassionate, intelligent, and shrewdly observed … There is a gentle and very happy sense of freedom and possibility aboard the Adamant, and there is enormous warmth, sympathy, and human curiosity in this film.” — Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
Post-screening Discussion:
Post-screening discussion with Mike Tibbles and Dave MacDonald of Pathways Clubhouse, and Katy Tucker of Grandview-Woodlands MHSU. Moderated by Dr. Harry Karlinsky, Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia
About the Panel:
Dave MacDonald was first employed by Pathways in 1984 and became the executive director in 2002. He is a Member of the Faculty for Clubhouse Development—Clubhouse International. He has performed over 70 accreditations around the world. The current membership at Pathways is over 1600 and continues to grow, with an average daily attendance of 60 people. Pathways has both a Youth Program and a Young Adult program.
Mike Tibbles has been a member of Pathways Clubhouse for the past 12 years, and has recently transitioned to a staff position. He has gained a wealth of knowledge about the Clubhouse model through conferences, colleague training, and now as a member of the International Faculty for Clubhouse Development. Mike loves the Clubhouse model, and through his own lived experience has a real heart for people living with mental illness.
Katy Tucker immigrated to Canada with her then same-sex partner (a French national) under Compassionate and Humanitarian grounds in 1998, and since then has been working for Vancouver Coastal Health at at Grandview-Woodlands MHSU as a Psychiatric Social Worker. This past April, she arranged a tour of the Adamant with Care Coordinator Arnaud Vallet and is currently trying to organize an exchange whereby some of the Adamant’s staff and “passengers” would visit Vancouver to tour our day programs.
Dr. Harry Karlinsky, the Series Director of Frames of Mind and a Clinical Professor in the UBC Department of Psychiatry, has a longstanding commitment to professional and public education. He has presented nationally and internationally on topics ranging from Alzheimer’s disease to information technology to narrative medicine to PTSD and to the use of films in health care education.
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