EXIT *** UK 2020 Dir: Michael Fausti. 80 mins After a run of disturbing, distinctive short films (DEAD CELEBRITIES, Z.A.F, THE PYRAMID), Michael Fausti makes his feature directorial debut with this compelling Brexit-era thriller written by Mathew Bayliss and shot in the 4:3 Academy ratio. Swaggering, sexist / xenophobic landlord…
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DEAD CELEBRITIES **** UK 2018 Dir: Michael Fausti. 11 mins Writer-director-star Michael Fausti follows up impressive earlier shorts Z.A.F. and THE INGRESS TAPES with this broadly played, witty deconstruction of our culture’s fascination with celebrity deaths and the distorted facts employed to embellish our entertainment value of said fatalities. Narrated…
Z.A.F. **** UK 2015 Dir: Michael Fausti. 20 mins Shot on a consumer camcorder in oppressive black and white, writer-director Michael Fausti’s debut short is a galvanising descent into insanity, pivoting around his own performance as Commander Olson. Dogged by his military past, he witnesses a suicide and sees his…
THE INGRESS TAPES **** UK 2017 Dir: Michael Fausti. 7 mins Chilling in the simplicity of its execution, this Super 8mm London-shot short appears to unfold as the confessional tape of a professional killer. The voiceover recollections of his crimes are accompanied by grainy footage of train journeys and English…