The Feature Films of Bertrand Manioc and The Haunted Moustache from Anti-Worlds in August
It’s been a while since we heard from the good people at Anti-Worlds, and the announcement of two new upcoming limited edition disc releases from this independent label is thus most encouraging. The titles in question are a 3-disc Blu-ray set titled Divergent View – The Feature Films of Bertrand Mandico, and volume 3 of the Anti-Worlds originals, a Blu-ray and CD set, The Haunted Moustache. Full details of both releases below.
DIVERGENT VIEW – THE FEATURE FILMS OF BERTRAND MANDICO (Japan 1976)
Limited Edition 3-disc Blu-ray (2,000 only) | 24 August 2026 | RRP: £59.99, pre-order price: £49.99
Hot off the heels of the world premiere of his latest movie Roma Elastica at Cannes 26, Anti-Worlds presents the first collection of French cult director Bertrand Mandico’s first three feature films – The Wild Boys, After Blue and She is Conann.
Mandico’s films are a unique re-imagining of cult, underground, transgressive, psychedelic and experimental cinema. Dazzling adventures into visual worlds. Gender defying travels in time and space. A truly original cinematic voice.
3-DISC BLU-RAY SET CONTENTS:
Disc 1 – THE WILD BOYS [LES GARÇONS SAUVAGES] (2017):
- At the Edge of the Volcano / A cote du Volcan (12 mins) – A short film by Elina Lowensohn
- Archipelago of Oblivion / L’Archipel des Oublies (18mins) – shimmers and spectres from the world of The Wild Boys by Bertrand Mandico
- Newly Filmed interview with Bertrand Mandico (43 mins)
- Newly filmed interview with Elina Lowensohn (16 mins)
Disc 2 – AFTER BLUE (2021):
- UK Trailer
- Generous as a Cup of Mould – a video essay on After Blue written and narrated by Maximilian Le Cain and edited by Chris O’Neill (18 mins)
- I killed Kate Bush / J’ai tue Kate Bush (13mins) – shimmers and spectres from the world of After Blue by Bertrand Mandico
Disc 3 – SHE IS CONANN (2023):
- UK Trailer
- The Show Has Already Started / L’Emmission A Deja Commence (82 mins) – A faux TV show that wraps around Mandico’s Barbarian short films, featuring the short films:
- Rainer: A Vicious Dog in Skull Valley (26 mins).
- We the Barbarians (26 mins)
- The Last Cartoon (9 mins)
- The Deviant Comedy + subs (65 mins)
- The fictional rehearsals for the invisible show: Conann the Barbarian.
80 Page Book with exclusively commissioned new writing and interviews from Willow MacClay on The Wild Boys; David Spittle on After Blue; Neil Fox on Conann; Defying Expectations and blurring boundaries – a conversation with Jeremy Allen and Bertrand Mandico.
And more!
ANTI-WORLDS ORIGINALS Volume 3 – THE HAUNTED MOUSTACHE (UK 2025)
Limited Edition Blu-ray & Audio CD Digipak (1,000 only) | 10 August 2026 | RRP: £29.99, pre-order price: £24.99
The filmed version of David Bramwell’s award winning stage play, radio show and book. Winner of the 2011 Sony Award Best feature and 2025 Audience Award Special mention at Cinecity Film festival and also the soundtrack CD by Oddfellow’s Casino – David’s pastoral psyche-folk band – not to be missed!
The film tells of an epic quest to unlock the mystery of an occult heirloom that takes David Bramwell into the underbelly of 90’s bohemian Brighton.
After inheriting a hundred-year-old moustache from an eccentric great aunt, Bramwell sets out to discover all he can about its former owner, Ambrose Oddfellow. Drawn into Brighton’s subcultures, he participates in seances, visits spiritual churches and unwittingly becomes the temporary host of a modern-day ‘freakshow’ in a basement club.
Beginning to believe that his hairy heirloom is possessed, Bramwell joins a cult, dabbles with telepathy-inducing psychedelics and has a mind-bending vision. Can he solve the mystery of his inheritance before his sanity gives in? And what of the mysterious Drako Oho Zarhazar, a former Dali model who appears to be somehow linked to his prized possession?
In the tradition of Spalding Gray, The Haunted Moustache is a film of Bramwell’s funny and affecting monologue – a modern day fireside tale served on a bed of celluloid.
LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- High Definition presentation
- Original 5.1 surround sound
- Audio CD of original soundtrack by Oddfellows Casino
- Limited edition exclusive 8-panel digi-pak packaging featuring new artwork created by Stewart Armstrong and Shardcore.
- Limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies only