A recurring leitmotif and common denominator in Bertrand Mandico’s cinematic creations is the human body – all skin and joints. His approach to filmmaking remains unparalleled precisely for its deployment of experimental quirk. As the muse and lead in most of his shorts, Romanian-American actress Elina Löwensohn has become inseparable from the French cinematographer’s extremely stylised work, leaving us with a wild compulsion to pour through them all. Giving room to imagination, forbidden pleasures and temptations; some of his most accredited films, including his feature film debut Les Garcons Sauvages (The Wild Boys), dismantle in exceptionally surprising and unconventional ways – drumming up a lush and surreal universe.