Bertrand Mandico

Roma elastica (2026)

1982. French actress Eddie is on the verge of collapse and travels to Rome accompanied by her loyal makeup artist, Valentina, to shoot a science-fiction film – a film that could be her last one. ...

Dragon Dilatation (2024)

Dragon Dilatation is the union of two filmic essays, Petrouchka and La Déviante Comédie. The first part is a rereading of Stravinsky's ballet, while the second segment is made up of traces of an unpublished performance rehearsed at the Théâtre des Aman ...

Rainer's Ungodly Camera (2024)

While creating SHE IS CONANN, Bertrand Mandico also filmed two short films simultaneously to create an entire "Barbarian Cycle" that brings you deeper into the world that Mandico has created. Presented in this program are: Rainer, A Vicious Dog in a Skull ...

The Show Has Already Started (2023)

Histoires courtes, the France 2 program, gives carte blanche to Bertrand Mandico who brings together three of his short films here: Rainer, A Vicious Dog in Skull Valley, Nous les barbares and The Last Cartoon. ...

She Is Conann (2023)

Traveling through the abyss, underworld dog Rainer recounts the six lives of Conann, perpetually put to death by her own future, across eras, myths and ages. From her childhood, a slave of Sanja and her barbarian horde, to her accession to the summits of c ...

We Barbarians (2023)

On the set of a film in the making, four actresses take turns guiding us. They unknowingly drag us into their damnation. ...

Rainer, A Vicious Dog in a Skull Valley (2023)

Octavia Foss wants to stage a female version of Conan the Barbarian in the theater. She makes a pact with a dog-headed demon to achieve her goals. ...

J'ai tué Kate Bush (2022)

Unused footage of Bertrand Mandico's film "After Blue (Dirty Paradise)," set to new music by Pierre Desprats. ...

The Last Cartoon (2022)

The end of the world of humanity as seen by Mandico. A time, as much future as current, where "cinema will be will be all other and nothing else". Where, "it will be the last appointment of the flesh", where "the energy will be cannibal and the sun will re ...

Nothing Will Be the Same Again (2022)

Fragmented memories of a voyeur in 3 chapters: "I grew up" but I'm still falling. "The stalker" who loses his footing. "Memory" and regression. ...

Exalted Mars (2022)

A man is dreaming of a city. Unless the city is dreaming of him. ...

After Blue (Dirty Paradise) (2022)

In a faraway future, on a wild and untamed female inhabited planet called After Blue, a lonely teenager named Roxy unknowingly releases a mystical, dangerous, and sensual assassin from her prison. ...

Dead Flash (2021)

We see a succession of scattered glam images: beat-up figures on lucid papers and dreamlike landscapes, until the (apelike) apparition of a model and her photographer. Together, they will play martyr and demiurge. They will attempt to achieve grace in a wo ...

Altered Innocence Vol. 1 (2021)

A vibrant anthology of LGBTQ+ short films and music videos that delve into the complexities of youth, identity, and desire. This diverse collection showcases a range of cinematic voices—both emerging and established—exploring the exhilaration, vulnerab ...

A Black Sun Sets Upon a Violet Desert (2021)

Unseen shots of a "heroic fantasy" film. A modeled model, a cosmic desert, a buried desire. ...

HUYSwoMANS (2021)

The Return of Tragedy (2020)

Two policemen interrupt a secret ceremony: a woman being disembowelled at the bottom of a garden to let out her inner beauty. This situation is presented in a variety of ways and all possibilities are explored. ...

Persona non grata (2020)

ExtaZus (2019)

A heroic-fantasy musical. ...

Niemand (2019)

Ultra Rêve (2018)

Three short films, out of the ordinary, brought together under a bewitching and enticing title. They are After School Knife Fight by the duo Poggi/Vinel, Les Îles by Gonzales, and Ultra Pulpe by Mandico. Three atmospheres, three sensitivities, going throu ...

À rebours (2018)

A man lies on the ground, stabbed. Going backwards ("à rebours") we will find out what happened shortly before. ...

Apocalypse After (2018)

An abandoned seaside resort. The shooting for a fantasy film about the end of an era wraps up. Two women, both members of the film crew, one an actrice, the other a director, Apocalypse and Joy, are on the verge of concluding their love affair. ...

L'Île aux robes (2018)

Visual haiku dealing with still and living life, ghosts and revealing light. ...

Apprivoisé (2017)

The Wild Boys (2017)

Island of La Réunion, in the beginning of the 20th century. Five teenagers commit a savage crime. As punishment, a Dutch captain takes them to a supernatural island with luxuriant vegetation and bewitching powers. ...

Odile of the Valley (2017)

Short film about female ecstasy. ...

Depressive Cop (2015)

On a Scottish island, a depressed policeman investigates the disappearance of a girl. The mournful mother is responsible for the disappearance of the inhabitants of the island. ...

Our Lady of Hormones (2015)

Two actresses rehearse a play during a week-end in a country house. But one of them digs up a strange thing from earth while walking in the woods. A creature the size of a seal, without any holes nor members. The mass of flesh and skin, covered with hair, ...

Any Virgin Left Alive? (2015)

According to an English legend, Joan of Arc never died at the stake. Her eyes were seared with hot pokers and she was deflowered by an English stud. She was then sentenced to wander on the battlefields, like a vulture, on the look-out for life and searchin ...

Préhistoric Cabaret (2015)

In Arnarstapi (Iceland), during a cabaret number, a mistress of ceremonies proposes to us a journey into the center of her organs to go and meet the original being. During the journey, the public enters into a trance to reach the ecstasy. ...

Memories of a Boobs Flasher (2014)

A boobs flasher tells us, a boobs flasher lets us see. ...

Boro in the Box (2014)

A fantasized portrayal of Polish auteur Walerian Borowczyk, Boro discovers a cruel and obscene world. He experiences banal yet colorful adventures, caressing erotic birds and organic cameras in a phantasmagorical alphabet. ...

Living Still Life (2014)

In a world in decay, a woman collects her dead animals and restores them to life by filming them images by image. ...

Féminisme, Rafale et Politique (2013)

An actress is confronted with her inner demons. ...

S...SA… SALAM... SALAMMBÔ (2013)

Babybird, Unborn (2011)

In an unknown place a young boy dreams of a better place for him and his mother, but everything changes once a stranger arrives. ...

Burlesque and Cold (2010)

Enter, so as not to die. ...

The Life and Death of Henry Darger (2010)

Henry Darger travels the icy roads of Iceland to find out how much time he has left to live. Two o'clock will tell him a clairvoyant with blue skin. ...

His Majesty Little Beard (2009)

Three attempts of hypnosis on children. ...

Essai 135 (2007)

Andreï researches the sonic memory of plants. He has developed a technique for making sounds come back from the past. Andreï wants to keep a tight lid on his discoveries. ...

Mie l’enfant descend du songe (2007)

Four paintings. Ode to nature. ...

He Says He's Dead (2006)

Hoisted by his rope, a hanged man is lifted up through the branches of a tree. While he is in the middle of his ascent toward the heavens and death, the woman who'd accused him of a crime clears him of it. He gently comes back to life, lying in a field, ga ...

All You Have Seen Is True (2004)

Autobiography fantasized around the manufacturing of a real movie. ...

C’était le chien d’Eddy (2003)

Eddie is dead, he remains his dog and an old acquaintance discussing their memories in the forest. ...

Osmose (2002)

At the edge of a lake, a couple makes love. A Peeping Tom spies on them. ...

Chris Dangoisse : De droite (2002)

Chris Dangoisse : Ils dansent (2002)

Monsieur Flupersu (2000)

Mister Flupersu thinks he has been in touch with an extraterrestrial life. He talks about it, in front of the camera and with the supporting evidences. ...

The Blue Cavalier (1999)

The blue horseman, born in the kitchens of hell, escapes and sets off to discover, a strange, dreamlike world. Caught up in all kinds of manipulations, he ends up becoming a legend himself. ...

La Chanson du Jardinier Fou (1997)

The Show Has Already Started (2023)

Histoires courtes, the France 2 program, gives carte blanche to Bertrand Mandico who brings together three of his short films here: Rainer, A Vicious Dog in Skull Valley, Nous les barbares and The Last Cartoon. ...

Nothing Will Be the Same Again (2022)

Fragmented memories of a voyeur in 3 chapters: "I grew up" but I'm still falling. "The stalker" who loses his footing. "Memory" and regression. ...

Mandico et le TOpsychoPOR (2020)

Bertrand Mandico discovers Topsychopor, a psychological game invented by Topor. ...

Knife+Heart (2018)

In the summer of 1979, gay porn producer Anne sets out to film her most ambitious film yet, but her actors are picked off, one by one, by a mysterious killer. ...

Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk (2018)

A documentary celebrating the work of Walerian Borowczyk, a director of unparalleled sensitivity, revered in the 1970s, who was later labeled as a maker of erotic movies. ...

Next to the volcano (2014)

A behind the scenes look at Bertrand Mandico's The Wild Boys, captured by actress Elina Löwensohn on her personal Super 8 camera. ...