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
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Version
French
French with English subtitles
Technical Crew
Directed and written by
Mathieu MOREL
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Photography
Till LEPRÊTRE
Editing
Mathieu MOREL
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Sound
Yohan HENRY
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Original Score
Maurice MARIUS
Production
Nicolas BREVIERE – Local Films
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Distribution
Local Films Distribution
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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.