Humberto González Bustillo
Directing
Biography
Humberto is a filmmaker whose work investigates the intersections of personal memory and political history through speculative fiction and nonfiction. In 2021 he co-founded El Fantasma, a Venezuelan production collective dedicated to collaborative work with Venezuelan filmmakers exploring themes of displacement, exile, and the diaspora. His films including Aforismos del Lago (2021), Vísperas de la Memoria (2022), Fatherspy (2023), and Los Conjurados (2025) have screened at festivals such as BFI London, Locarno, Camden, Nouveau Cinéma Montréal, Edinburgh, Mar del Plata, and Sheffield. He is a 2nd Place Winner of the Diego Rísquez Award and was selected as a director for Locarno Film Festival's Open Doors section in 2024. Currently, he is developing his nonfiction feature debut. His practice is anchored in archival appropriation and critical fabulation as methodologies for examining historical narratives.
Known For
A man speculates about the disappearance of his father, a decorated spy from the 90s. Gathering relics from their past together, including cherished family photos and encrypted messages hidden in the electronic devices in his surroundings, he will find a way to be reunited with him.
Fatherspy
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Vísperas de la memoria
After his mother falls ill, filmmaker Humberto González Bustillo flies back home to be by her side. Before his return, he remembers his childhood, and in turn recounts the colonial interests in Venezuelan lands, together with the continuous oil crisis.
Aphorisms of the Lake
A lone cyberflâneur stumbles upon a hidden corner of Google Maps, a forgotten place unfolding in the static. Shadows pace aimlessly, paths dissolve into nowhere, and figures flicker in and out of existence—fragments of untold stories.