MANTRA
FESTIVALS
- FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM FANTASTIQUE DE GERARDMER 2022
HÕFF - HAAPSALU HORROR AND FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL 2022
FESTIVAL EUROPEEN DU FILM FANTASTIQUE DE STRASBOURG 2022
FESTIVAL COURT METRANGE 2022
RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022
ATLANTA HORROR FILM FESTIVAL 2022
TORONTO AFTER DARK 2022
MADRID INDIE FILM FESTIVAL 2022 - BEST ACTREE & BEST DIRECTOR NOMINEE
DUBLIN IFI HORRORTHON 2022
CRASH INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL 2022
LUND FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL - INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM DAY 2022
CLERMONT FERRAND INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2023 - SHORT FILM MARKET PICKS
COURT MAIS TRASH 2023
FINAL GIRLS BERLIN 2023
NEVERMORE FILM FESTIVAL 2023 - BEST PHOTOGRAPHY NOMINEE
LA BALADE DES COURTS 2023
SHORT FILM ENCOUNTERS 2023
SHANGHAI INDIE FF 2023 - BEST HORROR FILM
TAMPERE FILM FESTIVAL 2023 - SPECIAL MENTION
MADEIRA FANTASTIC FILM FEST 2023
SHORT ENCOUNTERS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023
FANTASPOA 2023
LISBIFF - LISBOA INDIE FILM FESTIVAL 2023 - BEST DIRECTOR NOMINEE
HÕFF - HAAPSALU HORROR AND FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL 2022
FESTIVAL EUROPEEN DU FILM FANTASTIQUE DE STRASBOURG 2022
FESTIVAL COURT METRANGE 2022
RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022
ATLANTA HORROR FILM FESTIVAL 2022
TORONTO AFTER DARK 2022
MADRID INDIE FILM FESTIVAL 2022 - BEST ACTREE & BEST DIRECTOR NOMINEE
DUBLIN IFI HORRORTHON 2022
CRASH INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL 2022
LUND FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL - INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM DAY 2022
CLERMONT FERRAND INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2023 - SHORT FILM MARKET PICKS
COURT MAIS TRASH 2023
FINAL GIRLS BERLIN 2023
NEVERMORE FILM FESTIVAL 2023 - BEST PHOTOGRAPHY NOMINEE
LA BALADE DES COURTS 2023
SHORT FILM ENCOUNTERS 2023
SHANGHAI INDIE FF 2023 - BEST HORROR FILM
TAMPERE FILM FESTIVAL 2023 - SPECIAL MENTION
MADEIRA FANTASTIC FILM FEST 2023
SHORT ENCOUNTERS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023
FANTASPOA 2023
LISBIFF - LISBOA INDIE FILM FESTIVAL 2023 - BEST DIRECTOR NOMINEE
DIFFUSION
FRANCE TV
NOOZY
NOOZY
Emma and Paul have just moved into an old suburban mansion.
They barely have the time to move in that Paul has to travel away for work...
Emma discovers a strange creature inside Paul's office : a praying mantis.
She's both repulsed and fascinated by this unusual insect.
Depressed and feeling isolated, Emma ends up identifying with this insect trapped inside its vivarium,
and a strange relationship develops between the woman and the animal.
They barely have the time to move in that Paul has to travel away for work...
Emma discovers a strange creature inside Paul's office : a praying mantis.
She's both repulsed and fascinated by this unusual insect.
Depressed and feeling isolated, Emma ends up identifying with this insect trapped inside its vivarium,
and a strange relationship develops between the woman and the animal.
BALADE SAUVAGE PRODUCTION 2022
Directed by Stef Meyer & Pascal Bourelier
Written by Graham Farrow, Stef Meyer, Pascal Bourelier
Produced by Charlotte Vande Vyvre, Francesca Betteni-Barnes
Starring
MAUD WYLER
RAPHAEL QUENARD
With the financial support of
LA REGION GRAND EST I CNC I MULHOUSE AGGLOMERATION I ALSACE 20
In partnership with DIFFRACTION
Director of photography ANTOINE CARPENTIER
Steadycamer VALENTIN CLARKE
Camera Assistant MAEVA VO DINH
Set designer CHLOE MONGUILLON
Set designer Assistants ARNO ZHAO & JULIA TROUILLOT
Practical Special Effects DAVID SCHERER
Assistants MELODIE SCAGNOLI & LEA EDENWALD
Costume designer CHARLOTTE ABALE GNAHORE
1st AD LOLA BERNARD
Line producer ZOE MAGNIN
Sound engineer KINANE MOUALA
Assisted by NICOLAS CADIOU
Music composer ALEXANDRE EDENNE
Film editor NADEGE KINTZINGER
Sound editor CHARLOTTE BUTRAK
Sound mix SAMUEL AICHOUN
Color-grading BRICE PANCOT
3D Creature Artist NICOLAS SAURY
Additional VFX STEF & WYT
Directed by Stef Meyer & Pascal Bourelier
Written by Graham Farrow, Stef Meyer, Pascal Bourelier
Produced by Charlotte Vande Vyvre, Francesca Betteni-Barnes
Starring
MAUD WYLER
RAPHAEL QUENARD
With the financial support of
LA REGION GRAND EST I CNC I MULHOUSE AGGLOMERATION I ALSACE 20
In partnership with DIFFRACTION
Director of photography ANTOINE CARPENTIER
Steadycamer VALENTIN CLARKE
Camera Assistant MAEVA VO DINH
Set designer CHLOE MONGUILLON
Set designer Assistants ARNO ZHAO & JULIA TROUILLOT
Practical Special Effects DAVID SCHERER
Assistants MELODIE SCAGNOLI & LEA EDENWALD
Costume designer CHARLOTTE ABALE GNAHORE
1st AD LOLA BERNARD
Line producer ZOE MAGNIN
Sound engineer KINANE MOUALA
Assisted by NICOLAS CADIOU
Music composer ALEXANDRE EDENNE
Film editor NADEGE KINTZINGER
Sound editor CHARLOTTE BUTRAK
Sound mix SAMUEL AICHOUN
Color-grading BRICE PANCOT
3D Creature Artist NICOLAS SAURY
Additional VFX STEF & WYT
PRESS
"Wow. To start I am terrified of insects in general. Whether they look cute or not, I just feel my skin crawl whenever I see one. Mantra does an excellent job of creating this beautiful relationship between Emma and the praying mantis. It did so well that I almost forgot I was repulsed by the insect. This dark and dreary story takes turns I was sort of expecting but leads you down this strange road of self-exploration. Even if I had anticipated the direction the story was heading, Meyer and Bourelier handled this subject matter with such class and elegance that I enjoyed every singular second of it."
BRENDAN JESUS
BRENDAN JESUS