Dustin
Directed by
France
2020
20 min
- French
Drama
Semaine de la Critique; Toronto IFF; San Sebastian IFF; AFI FF; Vila do conde; Uppsala FF; Winterthur FF; Leeds FF; Leuven FF; Angers FF; Clermont Ferrand; BFI London
In an abandoned warehouse, a crowd is dancing as one on 145 BPM techno music. Among them is Dustin, a young transgender and crew: Felix, Raya and Juan. As the night draws on, collective hysteria morphs into sweet melancholy, and euphoria into yearning for tenderness.
Awards
- Special Mention, Best Short Film Competition - Les Arcs FF
- Best International Short Film - Toronto IFF
- Audience Award and Special Mention - Curtocircuíto IFF
- Best Short Film - International Short Film Festival of Cyprus
- European Film Award Qualification - Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
- Best Short Film - Zagreb Film Festival
- Best International Short Film - Leuven International Short Film Festival
- PRIX D’INTERPRÉTATION (DUSTIN MUCHUVITZ) - 33RD PREMIERS PLANS FESTIVAL D'ANGERS
- Best Fiction (International Competition) - Curtas Vila Do Conde
Festivals
Labels & Line Ups
Credits
- Cast
- Dustin Muchuvitz
- Félix Maritaud
- Raya Martigny
- Juan Corrales
- Lucie Borleteau
- Erwan Fale
- Screenplay
- Naïla Guiguet
- Cinematography
- Claire Mathon
- Editing
- Nathan Jacquard
- Vincent Tricon
- Sales
- SQUARE EYES
- Sales
- NEW EUROPE FILM SALES
- Production
- ALTA ROCCA
Naïla Guiguet
France
Naïla graduated from La Fémis and assists many directors with their screenplays, including Arnaud Desplechin, Catherine Corsini and Louis Garrel. She is also a DJ for the techno collective Possession. DUSTIN (2020), presented at the 59th edition of La Semaine de la Critique, is a frantic, melancholic love bomb to a young trans person and their queer crew as they keep on dancing and loving.