Kino Lorber will release On the Adamant (Sur l’Adamant), the award-winning documentary from master documentarian Nicolas Philibert (To Be and to Have, In the Land of the Deaf) takes viewers aboard the floating structure L’Adamant Day Center, on the Seine river in Paris, that offers daycare for adults with mental disorders.

Directed by Nicolas Philibert, On the Adamant world premiered at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear and following its New York premiere at Film at Lincoln Center’s Rendez-Vous with French Cinema (Feb. 29 – March 10) will open on Friday, March 29 at the IFC Center with a national expansion to follow.

Nicolas Philibert’s affecting and enlightening new documentary invites viewers to come aboard the Adamant and witness the transformational power of art and community. The Adamant is a one-of-a-kind place: a floating refuge on the Seine River, in the heart of Paris, that offers day programs for adults with mental illnesses. Its attendees come from across the city and are offered care that grounds them in time and space, helping them achieve recovery and stability. Through a blend of therapy, education and culture rooted in music and the arts, the Adamant offers a hopeful vision of what a humanistic approach to mental health care could look like. The community on the boat is intentionally created so that both the staff and the people receiving care are treated with the same respect and dignity. Their meetings and conversations reveal the camaraderie and collective humanity of a group of people whose similarities far outweigh their differences.

Watch a trailer for On The Adamant