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MANTRA
FROM THE SHORT STORY CAUGHT IN THE GIN TRAP BY GRAHAM FARROW

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
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DIFFUSION

FRANCE TV
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.

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BALADE SAUVAGE PRODUCTION 2022
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Directed by Stef Meyer & Pascal Bourelier
Written by Graham Farrow, Stef Meyer, Pascal Bourelier
Produced by Charlotte Vande Vyvre, Francesca Betteni-Barnes

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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
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Film editor NADEGE KINTZINGER
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Sound editor CHARLOTTE BUTRAK
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Sound mix SAMUEL AICHOUN
Color-grading BRICE PANCOT
3D Creature Artist NICOLAS SAURY
Additional VFX STEF & WYT 
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PRESS

L'Alsace / Cinéma
Horror Obsessive
"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
TRAILER
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