l'ancre

Synopsis
L’Ancre is a journey through the Arctic and the intimate stories of people who have experienced psychosis.

A psychotherapist listens to archive testimonies recorded during her sessions with former patients. Ailyn, Bruno and Gilles describe their psychosis. The words and stories mingle with images of a journey across the vast Arctic aboard a large sailboat. Between the other stories, the therapist also recounts her own journey through psychosis.

Awards & Festivals 
– World premiere at DocLisboa in October 2024: Selected for the International Competition & New Talent Award.

Credits
Director – Jen Debauche
Writers – Jen Debauche & Julie Labas
Producer – Eurydice Gysel (Czar Film & Tv)
Cinematographer – Leo Lefevre & Els van Riel & Fabien Croguennec & Jen Debauche
Editor – Sebastien Demeffe & Jen Debauche
Composers – Fred Frith & AP Bergeron 

Funding 
Production support from VAF (Flanders Audiovisual Fund)

Bio director
Jen Debauche lives and works in Brussels (1978). She is a film/radio director, researcher, teacher and founding member of LABO BxL, a shared film workshop focusing on photochemical practices. She directed Person’na (1st prize Courtisane 2003) and L’œil du cyclope (Prix du festival des cinémas différents de Paris 2016). Her work also takes the form of installations, performances and radio creations. Her films and other projects have travelled to several international venues and festivals (including IFFRotterdam, FID Marseille, festival des Inattendus Lyon, New York Film Festival Views from the avant garde, Image forum Sakuhin, Independiente Festival Lima, Alternative Film/Video Festival Belgrade, etc).