Audiovisual Resources

Published on

26th June 2026

updated on

6th July 2026

Nice : ten years later

« 14 juillet, 10 ans. Le documentaire événement », Documentaire de Nice-Matin, 13 juin 2026

This documentary, produced for the commemorations, was directed by Franck Fernandes, a photojournalist with the Nice-Matin group. Ten years ago, Maeva, Lucie, Violette, and Théo experienced the horror of the Nice attack. These four young adults were still children on July 14, 2016. Throughout this documentary, they recount how they have grown up and built their lives while carrying this trauma with them. The film explores the different stages of their healing journey—from denial to acceptance—and the paths they have chosen to keep moving forward. Through their stories, the documentary shows that there is no single way to heal. It invites viewers to discover unique journeys in which they may recognize an emotion, a question, or a source of strength to help them move forward as well.

« Nice, 14 juillet 2016 : comment la vie reprend après l’horreur ? », France Bleu, « Bienvenue chez vous, le dossier du jour », 4 juin 2026, 37 minutes

Ten years after the Nice attack, the victims and their families continue to rebuild their lives. Local organizations and initiatives offer support and moments of joy, allowing children and adults to transform their trauma into bright memories, despite the weight of the commemorations. Through their organizations, Patrick Prigent and Hager Ben-Aouissi organize activities for children and adults: visits to Clairefontaine, participation in the Tour de France, and projects at Disney. These initiatives create happy memories, reshaping traumatic experiences and giving new momentum to lives marked by tragedy. Past and upcoming trials, as well as the security measures in place for July 14, 2016, remain central concerns. The victims are actively participating in the proceedings to understand, testify, and have the lasting impact of the attack on their lives and those of their children recognized.

« Nice 2016 : 19 tonnes, 1850 mètres, 4 minutes et 86 morts », France Inter, « Affaires sensibles » de Fabrice Drouelle, 7 avril 2025, 48 minutes

That day, at 10:36 p.m., as 30,000 people gathered on the Promenade des Anglais, a 19-metric-ton truck plowed into the crowd with its headlights off. Four minutes and 17 seconds later, the toll was catastrophic: 86 dead—including 15 minors—458 injured, thousands traumatized, and a city in mourning. Killed by police, the perpetrator of this carnage was quickly identified: Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel. But the profile of this 31-year-old delivery driver surprised the authorities: a petty criminal with a history of common law offenses, a partygoer who loved alcohol and sex, Bouhlel had never been on the radar of counterterrorism agencies. Even stranger: he reportedly became radicalized in record time—just 15 days. So, is it really possible to turn to terrorism in two weeks? And how could a man with so little training cause so much damage? Did he have accomplices? And above all: were the security measures sufficient? A documentary by Guillaume Ballandras.

« Nice, l’audience de trop ? », France Culture, « L’Expérience » d’Aurélie Charon, 23 novembre 2024

Aurore Juvenelle was compiling records, Janna Behel was researching, and Thierry Vimal was writing a column. For three and a half months, they sat in the deserted courtrooms of the Palais de la Cité, following the trial of one of the deadliest and most difficult-to-categorize attacks in history: the July 14, 2016, attack in Nice. A sociology student and member of the ProMeTe (Trials, Memory, Terrorism) research collective, Janna Behel was haunted by the issue of the empty benches; she decided to devote her master’s thesis to it—a study on the hierarchical treatment of victims titled *Empty Benches?* The Role and Recognition of Civil Parties in the Trial of the July 14, 2016, Attack.” Aurore Juvenelle, laptop on her lap, is summarizing the proceedings in real time. Her mission: to create records for the National Archives that will guide researchers who, one day, will work through the hundreds of hours of audiovisual recordings from the trial. She has just completed the same task for V13.

In the attack, writer Thierry Vimal lost his 12-year-old daughter. As he followed this trial, he came up with the idea of keeping a chronicle in free verse. During the hearing, which he follows assiduously, he updates his blog, *Ça passe crème*, almost daily with free-form, offbeat, funny, and trashy poems. Three ways of experiencing the trial, three attitudes, three missions—which, as they meandered through hallways, cafés, and intentions, were bound to cross paths and intertwine.

« Attentat de Nice : les enfants du 14 juillet », France Info, podcast de 5 épisodes de David Di Giacomo, 30 août 2022

On July 14, 2016, a truck plowed through the Promenade des Anglais, killing 86 people, including 15 minors. As the trial gets underway, David Di Giacomo, head of the police and justice desk at France Info and a former journalist at France Bleu Azur, set out to meet those whose lives were turned upside down by this attack. Spanning five episodes, the series features rare testimonies from victims, injured children, police officers and gendarmes, as well as child psychiatrists and teachers. They describe life after the attack, the post-traumatic stress experienced by some—particularly the children—and the profound grief that follows such an attack. It follows the journeys of some individuals at the Center for the Evaluation of Pediatric Psychotrauma (CE2P), including how victims are preparing for the first-instance trial, scheduled to begin in September 2022.

« Attentats de Nice – Les enfants du 14 juillet », France Culture, « Grand reportage » par Aurélie Kieffer et Florence Sturm, 29 juin – 3 juillet 2026

The Nice attack, carried out by an Islamist terrorist on July 14, 2016, left 86 people dead—including about ten children—and 458 physically injured. Ten years later, the psychological trauma remains deeply felt by all the families who were on the Promenade des Anglais that day. The five-episode documentary series by Aurélie Kieffer and Florence Sturm follows the stories of Audrey Borla, who lost her twin sister; Mathieu Bousfiha, whose parents died in the attack; Lucie Lemaire, who suffered psychological trauma alongside her mother, Lili, and her son, who is being treated at the Center for Pediatric Evaluation of Psychotrauma (CE2P) at Lenval Hospital; and finally, Kamel Sahraoui, father of the attack’s youngest victim, Léana.