MANDRÁGORA

2026 | MEXICO CITY

FINALIST AT THE MENTAL HEALTH FILM FESTIVAL | RUSSIA

SHORT FILM

A man named Pyramus descends into a tunnel held up by memories, where a female voice, The Cracks, answers: In metamorphoses there is rebirth.

Through a subversive feminine gaze, Pyramus sheds heroism to become a caring body, leading us toward a delicate vulnerability that blossoms in the practice of staying alive.

Because we are not alone when we move through darkness. Because even at the edge, another way of being alive can emerge, because there are networks of care, of love, small or unexpected fissures that can hold us and offer another possibility in that porous space between life and death: to transform and express pain through movement, ritual, metamorphosis, into life.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

TITLE - MANDRÁGORA

YEAR - 2026

DURATION - 14 MIN. 59 SECS. (SHORT FILM)

VIDEO SIZE - 4K CINEMA (4096x2160)

ASPECT RATIO - 1:1.85

FRAME RATE - 23.976 FPS

SCREENING FORMAT - DCP

AUDIO - UNCOMPRESSED 5.1 WAV

SAMPLE RATE - 48 KHz

LANGUAGE - SPANISH

SUBTITLES - ENGLISH, FRENCH, RUSSIAN

SHOOT LOCATION - UNAM, MEXICO CITY

PRODUCTION - MEXICO

DIRECTOR - FANA ADJANI

SCREENWRITER - FANA ADJANI

PRODUCERS - PERE GEORGE

EXEC. PRODUCERS - FANA ADJANI, EMILIO VALDÉS, PEPE MOGT, CORINNA MARTÍNEZ, ERNIE SCHAEFFER, BRUNO VELÁZQUEZ, JOSÉ ÁLVAREZ D.O.P.A, PERE GEORGE

MUSIC - PEPE MOGT

CINEMATOGRAPHY - EMILIO VALDÉS, KENJI KATORI

CAST - EMILIO VALDÉS, CARLA FAESLER

RE-RECORDING MIXER - CARLOS CORTÉS

COLORIST - ERNIE SCHAEFFER

GENRE - EXPERIMENTAL, ART, DRAMA, MENTAL HEALTH

SCREENINGS

MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, FOUNDATIONS, SUMMITS

MENTAL HEALTH FILM FESTIVAL | RUSSIA | OCTOBER 2026

Finalist at the 2026 Mental Health Film Festival in Russia, which took place 8-18 of October with screenings in:

Moscow, Ekaterinburg, St. Petersburg, Togliatti, Kazan & Kaliningrad

BEHIND THE SCENES