Project: Mantis, 2022
Director: Will Peppercorn
Genre: Dark Romantic Comedy
Synopsis:
A matriarchal society where the natural order is that the male (like some species of mantis or spider) is there for the sole purpose of sex. After they have done their duty, they can be dispensed with (eaten).
For Hal, a young man on the cusp of sexual maturity, it’s a dangerous world. He lives with his mother Fannie, a wonderfully refined and confident woman, with a string of lovers that visit the flat, never to leave. To say Hal is overwhelmed by his mother's sexuality is an understatement.
What he hasn’t counted on, however, is having his world 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.


























Project: Mantis, 2022
Director: Will Peppercorn
Form: Short Film
Length: 18 minutes 44 seconds
Festivals and Awards:
Official Selection for Rhode Island Flicker International Film Festival 2022
Cast:
Jake Simmance
Anna-Kate Golding
Gina Murray
Michael Lipman
Kate Kordel
Michael Hajiantonis
Hylton Laker
Fergus Head
Rosie Taylor-Ritson
Clementine Medforth
Michael Zwiauer
Crew:
Director: Will Peppercorn
Writer: Bethan Moore
Executive Producer: Tidza Karup
Cinematographer: Toby Elwes
Production Designer: Yujia Huang
Production Manager: Sinem Saridagli
Editor: Donya Maguire
Sound Recordist: Jacob Evans
Sound Editor/Dubbing Mixer: Conor Thompson
Composer: Ariella Koorlander
Online Editor/Colour Grader: Nathaniel Skeels
Sound Designer: Itzel Gonzalez
1st AC: Austen Lane
2nd AC: Gulistan Korkmaz and Bertie Searles