Anti-Worlds releasing have signed all rights deals in the UK for two new films - both hailing from France. 2022 will see releases for Bertrand Mandico's award winning psychedelic sci-fi AFTER BLUE (Dirty Paradise) from Paris based Kinology, and Jean-Christophe Meurisse's savage satire and Cannes Midnight screening BLOODY ORANGES from Belgium based Best Friend Forever.
AFTER BLUE is Mandico's second full length feature following 2017's WILD BOYS. It's a mind-blowing mix of gender fluid sci-fi and psychedelic visuals - a futuristic fantasy set on a feminine world. "I wanted to craft an ode to film and to actresses, a singular and universal adventure borrowing the framework of westerns, the cruelty of old fairy tales and the lyricism of sci-fi" says Mandico. A must see on the big screen.
BLOODY ORANGES has been described as "the perfect movie for a Midnight Screening... brimming with comedy and shocking content". Four interleaving stories veer from a critique on modern day morality, political satire and shocking and vicious horror; forcing the viewer to confront their own morality and mortality. It's an hilarious, unsettling and unforgettable gut punch of a film. "Thought-provoking, graphic, ballsy... Imagine if Armando Iannucci made a horror film with Julia Ducournau, and then times that by ten." Kaleem Aftab, CineEuropa
Anti-Worlds will release both films in UK cinemas next year.
On 10th January 2022 Anti-Worlds will add two collector's edition Blu-rays to their library - Tim Mielant's PATRICK and Corneliu Porumboiu's INFINITE FOOTBALL.
Both releases are stacked with extras. PATRICK contains commentaries and interviews with the director and exclusive behind the scenes footage. Infinite Football comes with the first ever UK release of the directors' SECOND GAME - a feature length documentary made in 2015 and the perfect complement to INFINITE FOOTBALL. In pre-revolution Romania football is way more than just a game... both discs contain limited edition booklets containing new writing and info on each film.
Coming later in Spring 2022 Anti-Worlds will release a collector's edition of Simon Bird's debut feature DAYS OF THE BAGNOLD SUMMER. Released to huge acclaim in 2021 this will see a world premiere of the Blu-ray which is stacked with extra material including making of footage and interviews with the cast and crew, rehearsal footage, video essays, deleted scenes and an exclusive interview with the graphic novel's creator Joff Winterhart. For the first time 3 of his short films are available here too.
