Title of film : FORNACIS
Director Name : Aurelia Mengin
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Producer : Aurelia Mengin
Editor : Bruno Gautier
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Synopsis : Anya, a mourning woman, drives to the unknown in her vintage car, a 1961 Facel Vega. Her only traveling companion is a mysterious urn. Consumed by sadness and loneliness, Anya falls into a confused world, where the memories of her lover, Frida, and her fantasies are blended. In the middle of the night, Anya decides to make a stop at the FORNACIS, a godforsaken dive bar, to get some rest. In this atypical cellar, she meets Wolf. The two lost souls get along immediately, the night belongs to them for only few hours...
Director Bio : Aurélia Mengin is a film director raised in Reunion, an island near Madagascar. She grew up surrounded by art, for her parents are the founders of the Contemporary Art Center of Reunion island. After a master's degree in economics and mathematics, Aurelia turned to film-making. While attending acting schools, she also learned by herself how to make films. Thus, for the past 10 years, she has directed many short films. She creates her phantasmagorical, sensual, horrifying and very aesthetic universe. In each new film, she reaffirms, strongly on the screen, her desire to create her personal, and instinctive films, and her own vision of cinema and art. She has made eight shorts. "MACADAM TRANSFERTS" was selected at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011, "KARMA KOMA", starring two big figures of the French cinema: Jackie Berroyer and Philippe Nahon, was selected at many festivals, such as The International Short Film Festival of Brest, The Portugal International Fantasy Film Festival. "AUTOPSY DES DELICES" was selected at many prestigious film festivals, such as The PIFAN, The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in South Korea, at HOFER The International New Cinema Festival of Germany, or at PIFFF The Paris International Fantastic Film Festival ... Her latest medium-length film "ADAM MINUS EVE", entirely shot in Reunion Island, is an international success and was screened and shown all around the world. It was selected at over 30 film festivals inside and outside of Europe. It also won the Best Medium-Length Film Award at the Open World Film Festival in Toronto, in Canada, and the Best African Director Award at the Nigeria International Film Festival. In 2018, she directed her first feature film "FORNACIS": a road movie where romance and drama meet fantasy and imagination. You will find a colorful cast of charismatic actors, such as Anna D'Annunzio (L'Etrange couleur des larmes de ton coprs, 36 Quai des Orfèvres, France Boutique ...), Emmanuel Bonami (Insoupçonnable, Djinns, Horsehead ...), Philippe Nahon (High tension, Calvaire, Seul contre tous, Irreversible, Les aventures extraordinaire d'Adèle Blanc-Sec ...) and Aurélia Mengin. Fornacis lead the viewer to the real and the unreal, to a poetry of sensations, neon lighting ambience, and mysterious characters. In addition to her work as a film director, Aurélia Mengin is also the founder and the director of the MEME PAS PEUR Festival, The Reunion International Fantastic Film Festival. Its 8th edition was held from the 21 st to 24th of February 2018. www.festivalmemepaspeur.com
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