| Fausto | |
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| Directed by | Andrea Bussmann |
| Written by | Andrea Bussmann |
| Produced by | Andrea Bussmann Nicolás Pereda |
| Starring | Victor Pueyo Fernando Renjifo Ziad Chakaroun Alberto Núñez Gabino Rodríguez |
| Cinematography | Andrea Bussmann |
| Edited by | Andrea Bussmann |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | Spanish Arabic English French |
Fausto is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by Andrea Bussmann and released in 2018.[1] Set in Oaxaca, Mexico, the film blurs the lines between reality and fantasy by exploring the community's mythologies and folklore.[2]
The film was shot on video, and then transferred to 16mm film.[3]
The film premiered at the 2018 Locarno Film Festival,[4] where it received an honourable mention from the Filmmakers of the Present competition jury.[5] It had its Canadian premiere in the Wavelengths program at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.[6]
- ^ Guy Lodge, "Locarno in Los Angeles Film Review: ‘Fausto’". Variety, June 15, 2019.
- ^ Peter Goldberg, "Review: In Andrea Bussmann’s Fausto, Seeing Is a Matter of Supreme Knowing". Slant, April 3, 2019.
- ^ Chris Knight, "Deliciously disorienting: Fausto is a trip". National Post, April 5, 2019.
- ^ Guy Lodge, "Let Locarno come to you". The Guardian, August 6, 2018.
- ^ Martin Blaney, "Locarno's top prize goes to Singapore's 'A Land Imagined'. Screen Daily, August 11, 2018.
- ^ Barry Hertz, "Some familiar festival names rule TIFF's 2018 Canadian lineup". The Globe and Mail, August 2, 2018.