Bertrand Mandico

Bertrand Mandico

Nascimento : 1971-03-21, Toulouse, France, EU

História

Bertrand Mandico (born 21 March 1971, France) was educated in animation at Gobelins. As an eclectic filmmaker, he incorporates photographs and written elements in his highly personal films. As a long-term project, Mandico is planning to make twenty one short films in twenty one years with actress Elina Löwensohn. His work received multiple awards in international film festivals. The Wild Boys (2017) is his feature debut.

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Bertrand Mandico
Bertrand Mandico

Filmes

We Barbarians
Director
Four characters introduce themselves as the film’s actresses and offer to guide you through the ghostly sets and hellish creatures that populate the set. By choosing one of them, you are drawn into the heart of the fantasies, the buried desires and the impulses of the actress, who makes you relive her last shooting until her disappearance.
Rainer, A Vicious Dog In A Skull Valley
Director
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.
Conann La Barbare
Screenplay
Conann La Barbare
Director
J'ai tué Kate Bush
Writer
Unused footage of Bertrand Mandico's film "After Blue (Dirty Paradise)," set to new music by Pierre Desprats.
J'ai tué Kate Bush
Director
Unused footage of Bertrand Mandico's film "After Blue (Dirty Paradise)," set to new music by Pierre Desprats.
Nothing Will Be the Same Again
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.
Nothing Will Be the Same Again
Producer
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.
Nothing Will Be the Same Again
Music
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.
Nothing Will Be the Same Again
Screenplay
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
Associate Producer
A man is dreaming of a city. Unless the city is dreaming of him.
After Blue
Screenplay
On After Blue, a virgin planet where only women can survive in the midst of harmless flora and fauna, a hairdresser and her teenage daughter hunt a notorious killer.
After Blue
Director
On After Blue, a virgin planet where only women can survive in the midst of harmless flora and fauna, a hairdresser and her teenage daughter hunt a notorious killer.
Dead Flash
Producer
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 world of moving surfaces.
Dead Flash
Writer
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 world of moving surfaces.
Dead Flash
Director
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 world of moving surfaces.
Altered Innocence Vol. 1
Director
Nearly 3 hours of LGBTQ and Coming-of-Age short films and music videos await you in the debut of Altered Innocence’s cinematic mixtape supreme! Films from established auteurs like Peter Strickland, Cam Archer, João Nicolau, and Yann Gonzalez join fresh new voices such as Alexis Langlois, Shaun Hughes, Caroline Poggi, and Jonathan Vinel. Cruising, dancing, naked wrestling, trans terrorism, first love, bullies, femme fatales, band practice, and more is in store! The short films are: After School Knife Fight (2017); Bunny (2018); Doors Cut Down [En malas compañías] (2000); Gabber Lover (2016); Wild Haggis [Gambozinos] (2013); GUO4 (2019); Hunt [Jakt] (2018); Terror, Sisters! [De la terreur, mes sœurs!] (2019). The music videos are: 'Les vacances continuent' by Perez (2015); 'Niemand' by Kompromat (2019); 'Our Time' by Imperial Teen (2002).
HUYSwoMANS
Director
A Black Sun Sets Upon a Violet Desert
Director
The Return of Tragedy
Producer
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.
The Return of Tragedy
Screenplay
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.
The Return of Tragedy
Director
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.
Mandico et le TOpsychoPOR
Bertrand Mandico
Bertrand Mandico discovers Topsychopor, a psychological game invented by Topor.
Persona non grata
Director
ExtaZus
Writer
A heroic-fantasy musical.
ExtaZus
Director
A heroic-fantasy musical.
Sofa
Ultra Rêve
Director
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 through three forms of expression (music, theatre and cinema) and which, put end-to-end, create an alternative pathway towards borrowed worlds of romance first, then obsession, and in the end, possession. Worlds of soft naivety, of nightmarish creatures and of pop fantasy, reminding us of the mysterious and velvety snatches of our dreams that stick to the spirit when one leaves them.
À rebours
Director
Faca no Coração
François Tabou
Paris, verão de 1979. Anne é produtora de pornografia gay barata. Quando Lois, sua editora e companheira, a deixa, ela tenta recuperá-la, fazendo um filme mais ambicioso com o extravagante Archibald.
Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk
Self
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.
Apocalypse After
Screenplay
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.
Apocalypse After
Director
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
Director
Visual haiku dealing with still and living life, ghosts and revealing light.
Apprivoisé
Director
The Wild Boys
Camera Operator
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.
The Wild Boys
Sound Designer
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.
The Wild Boys
Screenplay
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.
The Wild Boys
Director
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
Writer
Short film about female ecstasy.
Odile of the Valley
Director
Short film about female ecstasy.
Youth
While Koala, the quartermaster, deeply sleeps, Captain Diamand tells the young sailor Luciole about the finest memory of his youth. She was called Cinnamon.
Depressive Cop
Screenplay
On a Scottish island, a depressive police investigates the disappearance of a girl. The mournful mother is responsible for the disappearance of the inhabitants of the island.
Depressive Cop
Director
On a Scottish island, a depressive police investigates the disappearance of a girl. The mournful mother is responsible for the disappearance of the inhabitants of the island.
Any Virgin Left Alive?
Costume Design
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 searching for any virgins left alive.
Any Virgin Left Alive?
Art Direction
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 searching for any virgins left alive.
Any Virgin Left Alive?
Makeup Artist
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 searching for any virgins left alive.
Any Virgin Left Alive?
Writer
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 searching for any virgins left alive.
Any Virgin Left Alive?
Director
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 searching for any virgins left alive.
Our Lady of Hormones
Writer
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, breathes loudly. The creature becomes an object of lust for both women. The relationship between the two actresses becomes tense. Both women are desperate to own the thing. This leads to a series of burlesque and violent situations. The two actresses have no idea that they have unearthed "Notre-Dame des Hormones"
Our Lady of Hormones
Director
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, breathes loudly. The creature becomes an object of lust for both women. The relationship between the two actresses becomes tense. Both women are desperate to own the thing. This leads to a series of burlesque and violent situations. The two actresses have no idea that they have unearthed "Notre-Dame des Hormones"
Memories of a Boobs Flasher
Sound Recordist
A boobs flasher tells us, a boobs flasher lets us see.
Memories of a Boobs Flasher
Director of Photography
A boobs flasher tells us, a boobs flasher lets us see.
Memories of a Boobs Flasher
Screenplay
A boobs flasher tells us, a boobs flasher lets us see.
Memories of a Boobs Flasher
Director
A boobs flasher tells us, a boobs flasher lets us see.
Living Still Life
Writer
In a world in decay, a woman collects her dead animals and restores them to life by filming them images by image.
Living Still Life
Director
In a world in decay, a woman collects her dead animals and restores them to life by filming them images by image.
Boro in the Box
Writer
From its epic conception to its film death, the fantasized and fictitious portrait of the film-maker Walerian Borowczyk : Boro-in-the-box discovers a cruel and obscene world, crosses commonplace and colorful adventures, from Poland to Paris, caressing erotic birds and organic cameras in a phantasmagorical alphabet primer.
Boro in the Box
Director
From its epic conception to its film death, the fantasized and fictitious portrait of the film-maker Walerian Borowczyk : Boro-in-the-box discovers a cruel and obscene world, crosses commonplace and colorful adventures, from Poland to Paris, caressing erotic birds and organic cameras in a phantasmagorical alphabet primer.
Next to the volcano
Himself
A behind the scenes look at Bertrand Mandico's The Wild Boys, captured by actress Elina Löwensohn on her personal Super 8 camera.
Prehistoric Cabaret
Screenplay
Arnarstrapi, Islândia. Em um cabaré, uma mestre de cerimônias realiza um ato de coloscopia esotérica com uma estranha câmera orgânica.
Prehistoric Cabaret
Director
Arnarstrapi, Islândia. Em um cabaré, uma mestre de cerimônias realiza um ato de coloscopia esotérica com uma estranha câmera orgânica.
Féminisme, rafale et politique
Director of Photography
An actress is confronted with her inner demons.
Féminisme, rafale et politique
Screenplay
An actress is confronted with her inner demons.
Féminisme, rafale et politique
Director
An actress is confronted with her inner demons.
S... Sa... Salam... Salammbô…
Cinematography
The old Salammbo lives alone on a northern island, in total destitution. Haunted by her memories, Salammbo is mistreated by the phantom of her youth, which sometimes taunts, sometimes bends her back so that she no longer sees the blue of the sky.
S... Sa... Salam... Salammbô…
Producer
The old Salammbo lives alone on a northern island, in total destitution. Haunted by her memories, Salammbo is mistreated by the phantom of her youth, which sometimes taunts, sometimes bends her back so that she no longer sees the blue of the sky.
S... Sa... Salam... Salammbô…
Writer
The old Salammbo lives alone on a northern island, in total destitution. Haunted by her memories, Salammbo is mistreated by the phantom of her youth, which sometimes taunts, sometimes bends her back so that she no longer sees the blue of the sky.
S... Sa... Salam... Salammbô…
Director
The old Salammbo lives alone on a northern island, in total destitution. Haunted by her memories, Salammbo is mistreated by the phantom of her youth, which sometimes taunts, sometimes bends her back so that she no longer sees the blue of the sky.
Babybird, Unborn
Music
In an unknown place a young boy dreams of a better place for him and his mother, but everything changes once a stranger arrives.
The Life and Death of Henry Darger
Producer
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.
The Life and Death of Henry Darger
Screenplay
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.
Burlesque and Cold
Writer
Enter, so as not to die.
Burlesque and Cold
Cinematography
Enter, so as not to die.
The Life and Death of Henry Darger
Director
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.
Burlesque and Cold
Director
Enter, so as not to die.
His Majesty Little Beard
Writer
Three attempts of hypnosis on children.
His Majesty Little Beard
Director
Three attempts of hypnosis on children.
Essai 135
Writer
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.
Essai 135
Director
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
Director
Four paintings. Ode to nature.
He Says He's Dead
Writer
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, gazing at everything around him.
He Says He's Dead
Director
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, gazing at everything around him.
All You Have Seen Is True
Director
Autobiography fantasized around the manufacturing of a real movie.
C’était le chien d’Eddy
Director
Eddie is dead, he remains his dog and an old acquaintance discussing their memories in the forest.
Chris Dangoisse : Ils dansent
Director
Chris Dangoisse : De droite
Director
Osmose
Director
At the edge of a lake, a couple makes love. A Peeping Tom spies on them.
Monsieur Flupersu
Director
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.
Le cavalier bleu
Cinematography
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.
Le cavalier bleu
Director
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
Director