Andrea Bussmann

Andrea Bussmann was born in Toronto. She holds a Master’s degree in Social Anthropology and a Master’s in Film Production. She directed He Whose Face Gives No Light, which premiered at FIDMarseille in 2011. She produced and edited the short film Three Walls and the feature Harvest Moon. In 2016, she co-directed Tales of Two Who Dreamt, which premiered at the Berlinale Forum and went on to screen at numerous international festivals. The film won the Best Documentary award at the Créteil International Women’s Film Festival in 2017. Her feature Fausto premiered in 2018 at the Locarno International Film Festival, where it received a Special Mention, and had its North American premiere at TIFF. Her work explores the blurred boundaries between fiction and non-fiction, drawing on literature, myth, and experimental forms to examine systems of power, migration, and the enduring legacies of colonialism. Through sensory and hybrid approaches, she is interested in liminal states, layered temporalities, and shared habitats between human and non-human life. Her films challenge cinematic conventions and invite alternative ways of perceiving, composing, and inhabiting the world.