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BERTRAND MANDICO

->Part 1 / ->Part 2

'Decency is a tedious, puritan concept,' says the French filmmaker Bertrand Mandico. Like one of his major sources of inspiration, Walerian Borowczyk, Mandico uses a dreamlike approach to express fierce desires that cannot be controlled. This cinematic universe has lots of room for the absurd, erotic, burlesque and macabre – without at any point becoming speculative. The irrational sensuality of imagination and dreams intertwine with physical landscapes.

Mandico (b. 1971) was educated as an animator in Paris, and has created numerous eclectic shorts since the 90s. To achieve an incoherent style, he sets up rules for himself (ref. the Incoherence Manifest), including: dismissal of all scripted rules, films must be hybrids of at least two genres, filming must take place on outdated film stock, time and place must be unclear. The viewer encounters a stylized world in color saturated images, where nothing is 'natural' and the direct understanding is only a veneer covering layers of possible interpretations.

His career highlight so far is the ingenious and sobre tribute to Borowczyk in the fantasy documentary Boro in the Box, which premiered in Cannes and received e.g. the grand prizes in Vila do Conde and Clermont-Ferrand (the world's largest short film festival). Along with Elina Löwensohn he is now working on the series 21 films in 21 years, where the goal is to document the aging process of an actress.

Minimalen wishes to highlight this filmmaker and his cinematic approach which, together with our retrospective of Borowczyk films, exhibits a distinct and liberating approach to the art of film. We are very proud to have both Bertrand Mandico and Elina Löwensohn here to introduce the films.

 

The Incoherence Manifest

1. Rejection of any rule of screenplay.
2. The sound will be created in post production.
3. Filming must be done on expired film stock.
4. Special effects must be made in-camera
(overprint, projections etc). Banish post-production.
5. Use of optical effects in-camera (filters etc).
6. The film must be in an uncertain geography,
timeless, ban any realistic effect.
7. The material for the sets (scenery, costume and props)
must come from found material.
8. Films must be hybrids containing at least two genres.
9. The film used can be 16mm, 35mm, Super 8mm.
10. The director must be the author, cameraman
and art director of the film.
11. Actors will alternate non acting and overacting.
12. The film does belong to any aesthetic or narrative tendency. It must have a deep and fragile cinematography.

October 12, 2012
Katrín Ólafsdóttir and Bertrand Mandico



 

Del 1
Torsdag/Thursday 22:00

Director: Bertrand Mandico
FRA 1998 | Ani.Exp. | 11 min

LE CAVALIER BLEU

Den blå rytter, avlet i helvetets kjøkken, rømmer og legger i vei for å utforske en merkelig, drømmeaktig verden. Fanget som han er i alle slags manipulasjoner, ender han opp med selv å bli en legende.

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.

Script: Bertrand Mandico | Camera: Christophe Grelié | Editing: Vonnick Guénée | Sound, music: Frédéric Acquaviva

Production: Arnaud Moria – Les Télécréateurs
Print: Bertrand Mandico

Director: Bertrand Mandico
FRA 2006 | Exp. | 12 min

IL DIT QU'IL EST MORT…

En hengt mann løftes etter repet opp gjennom grenene på et tre. I det han er midtveis i sin oppstigning mot himmelen og døden renvaskes han av kvinnen som hadde anklaget ham for en forbrytelse. Han vender sakte tilbake til livet, liggende i graset, mens han stirrer på alt omkring seg.

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.

Script: Bertrand Mandico | Camera: Pascale Granel | Editing: Julien Lacheray | Music: Erwan Eyck | Production design: Pierre Pell, Stéphane Rosenbaum | Cast: Katia Golubeva, Augustin Legrand, Thierry Benoiton, Jean-Marc Stehlé

Production: Olivier Boischot, Patrick Dumont, Narimane Mari – Centrale Électrique
Print: Bertrand Mandico

Director: Bertrand Mandico
FRA 2007 | Fic.Exp. | 11 min

MIE, L'ENFANT DESCEND DU SONGE

Fire malerier. Ode til naturen.

Four paintings. Ode to nature.

Script: Bertrand Mandico | Editing: Laure Saint-Marc | Cast: Anna M, Aline Ahond, Thierry Benoiton

Production: Olmo Mayakoff - L'Oeil qui Ment

Director: Bertrand Mandico
FRA 2007 | Fic. | 4 min

ESSAI 135

Andreï forsker på plantenes soniske minne. Han har utviklet en teknikk for å hente fram lyder fra fortiden. Andreï ønsker å holde oppdagelsene for seg selv.

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.

Script: Bertrand Mandico | Camera: Pascale Granel | Editing: Véronique Lange | Cast: Patrick Dumont, Aline Ahond, Katia Golubeva (narrator)

Production: Olmo Mayakoff – L'Oeil qui Ment
Print: Bertrand Mandico

Director: Bertrand Mandico
FRA 2009 | Exp. | 6 min

SA MAJESTÉ PETITE BARBE

Tre forsøk på hypnose på barn.

Three attempts at hypnosis on children.

Script: Bertrand Mandico | Editing: Laure Saint-Marc | Cast: Anna M, Patrick Dumont (voice-over)

Production: Olmo Mayakoff – L'Oeil qui Ment
Print: Bertrand Mandico

Director: Bertrand Mandico
FRA 2011 | Fic. | 41 min

BORO IN THE BOX

Dette er den "fantasmiske" historien om filmskaperen Walerian Borowczyk, fra dagen han ble unnfanget til hans cinematiske død.

From the day he was conceived to his cinematographic death, this is the fantasmatic life-story of filmmaker Walerian Borowczyk.

Script: Bertrand Mandico | Camera: Pascale Granel | Sound: Laure Saint-Marc | Music: Erwan Eyck | Editing: Laure Saint-Marc, George Cragg | Cast: Elina Löwensohn, Laure Lapeyre, Elise Hôte, Jacques Malnou, Benoît Serre, Thierry Benoiton

Production: Philippe Bober, Coproduction Office
Print: Coproduction Office – Francesca Vantaggiato, t: +49 3032777879,
e: festivals@coproductionoffice.eu

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Del 2
Lørdag/Saturday 18:00

Director: Bertrand Mandico
FRA, ISL 2010 | Fic. | 7 min

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF HENRY DARGER
(LÍF OG DAUÐI HENRY DARGER)

Henry Darger reiser rundt etter de isete veiene på Island for å få svar på hvor lenge han har igjen å leve. 'To timer', svarer en blåhudet sannsigerske.

Henry Darger travels the icy roads of Iceland to learn how much time he has left to live. 'Two hours', he is told by a blueskinned clairvoyant.

Script: Bertrand Mandico | Editing: Laure Saint-Marc | Music, sound: Erwan Eyck | Foreign producer, production manager: Katrin Olafsdottir | Cast: Harpa Arnardottir, Karl Guomundsson, Tomas Lemarquies (voice-over)

Production: Olmo Mayakoff, Bertrand Mandico - L'Oeil qui Ment
Print: Bertrand Mandico

Director: Bertrand Mandico
FRA, DEU, BEL 2012 | Exp.Fic. | 15 min

LIVING STILL LIFE

Fièvre er en merkelig kvinne som samler på døde dyr. Hun puster liv i dem i animasjonsfilmer. En dag kommer en mann på besøk: hans kone er død.

Fièvre is an enigmatic woman who collects dead animals. She brings them to life through animated films. One day, a man comes to see her: his wife has died.

Script: Bertrand Mandico | Camera: Pascale Granel | Sound: Laure St. Marc | Music: Tazartes | Editing: George Cragg, Laure St. Marc | Cast: Elina Löwensohn, Jean-Marc Montmont

Production: Urte Amelie Fink - Parisienne de Production, t: +49 0156026000, e: info@coproductionoffice.eu
Print: Coproduction Office – Francesca Vantaggiato, t: +49 3032777879,
e: festivals@coproductionoffice.eu

Director: Bertrand Mandico
FRA 2013 | Fic. | 10 min

PREHISTORIC CABARET

Under et kabaretnummer i Arnarstapi på Island foreslår en seremonivertinne at vi foretar en reise dypt inn hennes organer for møte selve urvesenet. Mens reisen pågår faller publikum i transe for å nå ekstasen.

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 a trance to reach the ecstasy.

Script: Bertrand Mandico, Elina Löwensohn | Camera: Arnar Thorisson, Bertrand Mandico | Editing: George Cragg | Production design: Bertrand Mandico | Production manager: Katrin Olafsdottir | Cast: Elina Löwensohn, Katrin Olafsdottir

Production: Emmanuel Chaumet – Ecce films, Co-prod.: L'Oeil qui Ment
Print: Ecce Films – Joséphine Avril, e: avril@eccefilms.fr

Director: Bertrand Mandico
FRA 2014 | Exp. | 7 min

SALAMMBO – UNDEAD 6

Gamle Salammbô lever et ensomt og fattigslig liv på en isolert nordisk øy. Hjemsøkt av minner er det spesielt ånden av henne selv som ungdom som er plagsom, og noen ganger trakasserer henne og andre ganger bøyer ryggen hennes slik at hun ikke lenger kan se den blå himmelen.

The elderly Salammbô lives a solitary life of destitution on a Nordic island. Haunted by her memories, she is bullied by the phantom of her youth, which sometimes harasses her and other times bends her back so that she can no longer see the blue sky.

Script: Bertrand Mandico | Cast: Elina Löwensohn

Production: Pennequin Alix – Le Septième Continent
Print: Bertrand Mandico

Director: Bertrand Mandico
FRA 2014 | Fic. | 30 min

NOTRE DAME DES HORMONES

To skuespillerinner bruker helgen på å øve på et skuespill i et landsens hus. På en skogstur graver de fram en uformelig masse av kjøtt dekket med hud og hår som blir gjenstand for begjær og forstyrrer vennskapet deres.

Two actresses rehearse a play during a weekend in a country house. Dug out of the earth in the woods, a mass of flesh covered with skin and hair becomes an object of lust and undermines their friendship.

Script: Bertrand Mandico | Camera: Pascale Granel, Bertrand Mandico | Editing: Laure Saint-Marc | Production design: Astrid Tonnelier | Cast: Elina Löwensohn, Nathalie Richard, Michel Lebayon, Agnès Berthon, Michel Piccoli (narrator)

Production: Emmanuel Chaumet – Ecce films
Print: Ecce Films – Joséphine Avril, e: avril@eccefilms.fr

Director: Bertrand Mandico
FRA 2014 | Fic. | 9 min

MEMORIES OF A BOOBS FLASHER
(SOUVENIRS D'UN MONTREUR DE SEINS)

En brystblotter beretter, en brystblotter lar oss få se.

A boob flasher tells us, a bob flasher allows us to see.

Script: Bertrand Mandico | Camera: Bertrand Mandico | Editing: Laure Saint-Marc | Production design: Bertrand Mandico | Cast: Elina Löwensohn

Production: Bertrand Mandico, Elina Löwensohn - L'Oeil qui Ment
Print: Ecce Films – Joséphine Avril, e: avril@eccefilms.fr

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Programme 2015
 
Nova Cinema, 2 & 3
 

WEDNESDAY APRIL 22
10:00 EFA - Short Matters! 1
12:00 Nordic 1
14:00 Norwegian 1
16:00 Walerian Borowczyk 1
16:00 Meet the Filmmakers 1
18:00 Jens Assur 1: Retrospective
20:00 Regional Premieres
22:00 Reception & Opening Party
 

THURSDAY APRIL 23
10:00 EFA -
Short Matters! 2
10:00 Seminar: The Film Consultants
12:00 Nordic 2
14:00 Norwegian 2
16:00 Walerian Borowczyk 2
16:00 Meet the Filmmakers 2
18:00 Short Film Studies Symposium
20:00 International Panorama 1
22:00 Bertrand Mandico 1
23:30 Festival Club
 

FRIDAY APRIL 24
10:00 EFA -
Short Matters! 3
10:00 Seminar: Mid Nordic Co-production
10:00 Childrens Prog. 1 [Nova 1]
12:00 Nordic 3
12:00 Childrens Prog. 2 [Nova 1]
14:00 Norwegian 3
14:00 Mid Nordic Panorama
14:00 One-minute-films
& EMU [Nova 1]
16:00 Mid Nordic Film Pitch
16:00 Meet the Filmmakers 3
18:00 Jens Assur 2: Masterclass
20:00 International Panorama 2
22:00 Outdoor Cinema
 

SATURDAY APRIL 25
11:00 Norwegian Art Film 1970-79:
Part 1 – Anja Breien
11:00 For children: Motion Capture workshop
13:00 Nordic 4
15:00 Norwegian 4
17:00 Meet the Filmmakers 4
18:00 Bertrand Mandico 2
20:00 International Panorama 3
22:00 Festival Club
 

SUNDAY APRIL 26
11:00 Norwegian Art Film 1970-79: Part 2
13:00 International Panorama 4
15:00 Award ceremony
and screening
18:00 Multiplié Dance Film
20:00 DansiT film/dance get-together
& Festival Club
 

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