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

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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

​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 

OFFICIAL WEBSITE

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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

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