French filmmaker Nicolas Philibert is known for his intimate and patiently observed documentaries capturing the beauty of everyday humanity.
He's most well known for 2002's Etre et Avoir which followed a year in the life of a tiny rural school with just one teacher.
His latest film On the Adamant/Sur L'Adamant won the top prize at this year's Berlin International Film Festival. It follows the goings-on aboard L'Adamant, a floating day-centre for people with mental maladies, moored on the banks of the Seine in Paris.
On the Adamant is screening at Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.