Beauty and the beast
Directed by Mathieu Morel, 2021
Cast
Pascale FAURE
Aurélien DENIEL
Léolo
Technical Data
Fiction - France - 2021
13 minutes - 16mm – 1.85 – Color – Stereo
Version
French
French with English subtitles
Technical Crew
Directed and written by
Mathieu MOREL
Photography
Till LEPRÊTRE
Editing
Mathieu MOREL
Sound
Yohan HENRY
Original Score
Maurice MARIUS
Production
Nicolas BREVIERE – Local Films
Distribution
Local Films Distribution
International Sales
Local Films
Partnerships
Fémis
Procirep
ANGOA
Festivals
LesGaiCineMad / Espagne / 2021 | Jury Award : Best Film
Festival In&Out – Nice / France / 2023
Festival Film Maudit 2.0 / États-Unis / 2023
Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival / Israel / 2022
Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Festival / Angleterre / 2022
Athens Porn Film Festival / Grèce / 2022
Festival Fantasia de Montréal / Canada / 2022
Queer Lisboa / Portugal / 2022
Hacker Porn Film Festival – Rome / Italie / 2022
Festival du Film Porn de Bruxelles / Belgique / 2022
Asterisk Film Klubb / Norvège / 2022
Giornate di cinema queer de Rome / Italie / 2021
Festival du film LGBTQ & ++++ de Paris : Chéris, chéries / France / 2021
Festival international du film Queer – Playa del Carmen / Mexico / 2021
Porn Film Festival / Allemagne / 2021
Festival du film de Luststreifen / Suisse / 2021
L’Etrange Festival / France / 2021
Frameline : The San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival / États-Unis / 2021
Short Film Market Picks – Clermont-Ferrand / France / 2021
Material
trailer
Mathieu Morel
Originally from the Centre region, Mathieu Morel moved to Paris in 2014 to study cinema. He acted in *Permis de construire* and until 2020 in *L'odeur du sans plomb*, where he played the lead role alongside Denis Lavant, Bertrand Bonello, and Mathieu Carrière.
In 2015, he co-founded the Horschamp association – Rencontres de Cinéma with Léolo, which is sponsored by Thierry Frémaux and aims to promote heritage cinema and organize meetings and discussions with numerous artists. In 2018, he directed *Night of the Living Sluts*, which allowed him to join the program at La Fémis residency until July 2019. His graduation film, *Aussi fort que tu peux*, was selected for numerous festivals and won the Best Short Film Award at the Rome LGBT Festival. In 2020, he directed a version of *Beauty and the Beast*.
In 2022, Mathieu directed *Cum in my Heart* (or the fabulous letting go of Thomas Timbère), *Killing Myself Tomorrow*, as well as *Love et ex Mortuus*, his first medium-length film for which he received the Jeunes Sortis d'Écoles support from the CNC, produced by Local Films. The films *404ERROR* and *The Deepqueer Massacre* (Local Films) were also released in 2023.