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'Fausto' is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by Andrea Bussmann and released in 2018.Guy Lodge, [https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/fausto-review-1203244551/ "Locarno in Los Angeles Film Review: Fausto"]. 'Variety', June 15, 2019. Set in Oaxaca, Mexico, the film blurs the lines between reality and fantasy by exploring the community's mythologies and folklore.Peter Goldberg, [https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review-in-andrea-bussmanns-fausto-seeing-is-a-matter-of-supreme-knowing/ "Review: In Andrea Bussmanns Fausto, Seeing Is a Matter of Supreme Knowing"]. 'Slant', April 3, 2019.

The film was shot on video, and then transferred to 16mm film.Chris Knight, "Deliciously disorienting: Fausto is a trip". 'National Post', April 5, 2019.

The film premiered at the 2018 Locarno Film Festival,Guy Lodge, [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/06/locarno-film-festival-2018-streaming-festival-scope "Let Locarno come to you"]. 'The Guardian', August 6, 2018. where it received an honourable mention from the Filmmakers of the Present competition jury.Martin Blaney, [https://www.screendaily.com/news/locarnos-top-prize-goes-to-singapores-a-land-imagined/5131606.article "Locarno's top prize goes to Singapore's 'A Land Imagined']. 'Screen Daily', August 11, 2018. It had its Canadian premiere in the Wavelengths program at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.Barry Hertz, "Some familiar festival names rule TIFF's 2018 Canadian lineup". 'The Globe and Mail', August 2, 2018.

Critical response



Peter Goldberg of 'Slant' gave the film a three-star rating, writing that "'Fausto' abounds with piecemeal stories from locals and fantastic characters that evoke the writings of Borges and Bruno Schulz. These fragments of narration resist the devilish drive to see everything, to encompass everything with understanding. The partial and the limited are championed over the continuous and completeda short circuit in the desire to continue the story to infinity. For 'Now', Kevin Ritchie rated the film three N's, writing that "Bussmanns camera frequently lingers on swaths of black night and shadow as if more interested in negative space than conventional action. The storytellers arent always as captivating as the filmmakers eye, but this version of Faust is also at the nexus of a lot self-relfection and questioning happening more broadly in cinema right now."Kevin Ritchie, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/tiff2018/tiff-review-fausto-andrea-bussmann/ "TIFF review: Fausto"]. 'Now', September 6, 2018.

Awards



The film won the Directors Guild of Canada's DGC Discovery Award in 2018.Greg David, [https://www.tv-eh.com/2018/10/21/2018-directors-guild-of-canada-awards-winners-announced/ "2018 Directors Guild of Canada Awards winners announced"]. 'TV, eh?', October 21, 2018. It was shortlisted for the Vancouver Film Critics Circle's award for Best Canadian Film, and Bussmann was shortlisted for Best Director of a Canadian Film, at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2018.Etan Vlessing, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/favourite-leads-vancouver-film-critics-circle-awards-nominations-1169507 "'The Favourite' Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards Nominations"]. 'The Hollywood Reporter', December 14, 2018.

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