MANTIS (2022)
18 mins Horror/Comedy/Romance The National Film & Television School
Set in a cannibalistic matriarchal society, where the natural order is that men are devoured after sex.
Hal lives with his mother Fannie, who has a string of lovers that visit the flat, never to leave. Hal’s world is turned upside down by a mysterious new arrival at the flat. She is quite simply the most transcendentally beautiful woman he has ever seen… Things could get messy.
Nominee - Best Comedy, Aesthetica Short Film Festival
Official Selection at BAFTA Qualifying Rhode Island Film Festival, 2022
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DIR: WILL PEPPERCORN
WRITER: BETHAN THOMAS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: TIDZA KARUP
CINEMATOGRAPHER: TOBY ELWES
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: YUJIA HUANG
EDITOR: DONYA MAGUIRE
COMPOSER: ARIELLA KOORLANDER
SOUND DESIGNER: ITZEL GONZALEZ
SOUND EDITOR/DUBBING MIXER: CONOR THOMPSON
ONLINE EDITOR/COLOUR GRADER: NATHANIEL SKEELS
WRITER: BETHAN THOMAS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: TIDZA KARUP
CINEMATOGRAPHER: TOBY ELWES
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: YUJIA HUANG
EDITOR: DONYA MAGUIRE
COMPOSER: ARIELLA KOORLANDER
SOUND DESIGNER: ITZEL GONZALEZ
SOUND EDITOR/DUBBING MIXER: CONOR THOMPSON
ONLINE EDITOR/COLOUR GRADER: NATHANIEL SKEELS