Clara Benador

While creating SHE IS CONANN, Bertrand Mandico also filmed two short films simultaneously to create an entire "Barbarian Cycle" that brings you deeper into the world that Mandico has created. Presented in this program are: Rainer, A Vicious Dog in a Skull Valley (26min); Apocalypse After (35min); and We Barbarians (27min).

Dragon Dilatation is the union of two filmic essays, Petrouchka and La Déviante Comédie. The first part is a rereading of Stravinsky’s ballet, while the second segment is made up of traces of an unpublished performance rehearsed at the Théâtre des Amandiers.

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.

Forced by the parents to be married, a young couple in Paris discover things about themselves as they mature through their romance together.

A new haircut. A look. And the horrendous routine of high school becomes an odyssey of love for 16-year-old Romane. But Diego is as good-looking as he is cowardly, and love is as sweet as it is cruel. Romane copes, armed with courage and humor.