SAT, FEB 27 / 4 pm
Dirs. Mike & Andy Jones
1986 | Canada | 110 min
Ten years in the making, Faustus Bidgood is probably the most important independent feature ever to come out of Newfoundland. Faustus Bidgood is polyester clad milquetoast functionary in the provincial department of education who in alternating fantasies imagines the gory murder of his tormenting co-workers and dreams himself President of the People’s Republic of Newfoundland.Featuring an all star cast of actors from the East Coast, this film is unlike any other produced in Canada.It shows the epic struggle for an independent Newfoundland and a tall tale about one man’s increasingly precarious world view of reality.
ABOUT PETER WINTONICK
Peter Wintonick is a pioneering Canadian filmmaker, producer, critic, a documentary media activist and a recipient of the Governor-General Media Arts Award. Well-known around the world as a documentary diplomat, he spreads the gospel according to reality through his films (pilgrIMAGE, Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, Cinema Vérité: Defining the Moment, Seeing is Believing: Handicams, Human Rights and the News, etc.). Wintonick also facilitates workshops with international emerging filmmakers, and helps operate a production company called Necessary Illusions in Montreal – his home base. He is currently developing several films with partners in Sweden, Canada and Asia.
