The Substance Injects A New Behind-The-Scenes Featurette Into Our Veins
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Carl Roberts 
Watch a new behind-the-scenes featurette for Coralie Fargeat’s award-winning movie, The Substance. Now available to watch on MUBI.
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.
AWARD NOMINATIONS
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.
CREDITS
The Substance, a Working Title Films production, is written, directed, co-produced and co-edited by Coralie Fargeat (Revenge). It 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).
PREMISE
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 (Dennis Quaid).
She is intrigued by the allure of a mysterious new drug called THE SUBSTANCE. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn – temporarily – as the gorgeous, twenty-something Sue (Margaret Qualley).
The only rule? Divide the time: spend one week in one body, then switch to the other body for the next week. No exceptions. A perfect balance. What could go wrong? (Read our review here.)
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.
The Substance is available to watch on MUBI now: https://mubi.com/films/the-substance
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