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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

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