MUBI, the global film distributor, streaming service and production company, has released a new behind-the-scenes featurette for Coralie Fargeat’s electrifying body-horror, The Substance.
The 30-minute making-of video takes a look at the film’s overall direction by Coralie Fargeat, cinematography from Benjamin Kračun, sound by Emmanuelle Villard, Stéphane Thiébaut, Victor Praud, Victor Fleurant and Valerie Deloof, special make-up effects by Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stephanie Guillon and Frédérique Arguello, as well as casting, production design and more – featuring extensive commentary from filmmaker Coralie Fargeat.
The Substance has been nominated in 6 categories at the 2025 London Film Critics Circle Awards, including FILM, DIRECTOR, SCREENWRITER, ACTRESS (Demi Moore), SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Margaret Qualley) and TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT – MAKE-UP; and long-listed in 11 categories (BEST FILM, DIRECTOR, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, LEADING ACTRESS (Demi Moore), SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Margaret Qualley), CINEMATOGRAPHY, EDITING, MAKE-UP & HAIR, ORIGINAL SCORE, PRODUCTION DESIGN, SOUND) at the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards with the final nominations announced on Wednesday 15th January 2025.
It has also received end-of-year recognition by more than 10 regional critics groups across the United States, scoring over 95 nominations and 35 wins for categories including BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST ACTRESS, BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, BEST MAKE-UP & HAIRSTYLING, BEST ART DIRECTION, BEST SOUND, BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS, and more.
The Substance, a Working Title Films production, is written, directed, co-produced and co-edited by Coralie Fargeat (Revenge), and stars Golden Globe winner Demi Moore (G.I. Jane, A Few Good Men, Indecent Proposal), Golden Globe nominee Margaret Qualley (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Maid, Kinds of Kindness, Fosse Verdon), and Dennis Quaid (Far from Heaven, The Rookie, The Day After Tomorrow).
Demi Moore gives a career-best performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister past her prime and suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey.
She is then drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new drug: THE SUBSTANCE. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn – temporarily – as the gorgeous, twenty-something Sue.
The only rule? Time needs to be split: exactly one week in one body, then one week in the other. No exceptions. A perfect balance. What could go wrong?
Coralie Fargeat’s Cannes award-winning sensation turns toxic beauty culture inside out with a be-careful-what-you-wish-for fable for the ages. Explosive, provocative and twisted, The Substance is one of the most talked-about, thought-provoking and shocking films of the year – an absolute must-see.
