Jean-Claude Bustros
Directing
Biography
Jean-Claude Bustros has created several short film pieces that have established him as one of the key figures in contemporary experimental cinema in Canada. His work has been screened internationally and was showcased in the landmark exhibition "Les Cinémas du Canada" at Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. He was one of the founders of Dazibao photo gallery in Montréal and the creator of the massive Pierre et Lumière photography exhibition, hosted by the Palais de la Civilisation in Montréal as part of the 350th anniversary celebrations of the city. He has received support from every level of funding and participated in numerous peer reviews. His practice has now migrated towards new and expanded forms of cinema, where he explores the potential of spatialization, ubiquitous computing, reactivity and moving image agency. Jean-Claude Bustros is a member researcher at Hexagram.
Known For
Transsexuals? Transvestites? Skinheads? Anarchy? Street life, hustling and drag are explored with sophistication, emotional resonance and that certain extra something that'll make you want to change the impossible to the incredible.
Amour impossible
ZERO GRAVITY is a borrowing from the English language which simply means weightlessness, absence of gravity. Around an accident which perhaps will happen, a breathless suspense takes shape throughout the film. The original soundtrack reinforces this atmosphere by making the dramatic impact even more paranoid. "I wanted to make a film about the end of the story."
Zéro Gravité
Experimental short film by Jean-Claude Bustros
Rivière 0 / River 0
Difficult to say what this film is about. I know it is the product of much anger. Anger against TV, the media, cinema, politics, social, economy, history, finally a lot. Above all I wanted to stop making illusions.