''Dustin'' is a French short drama film, directed by Naïla Guiguet and released in 2020. The film stars Dustin Muchwitz as Dustin, a

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attending a

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with her boyfriend Félix (

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). The film was named as an official selection of the International Critics' Week program at the

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, but was not able to be screened due to the cancellation of the festival in light of the

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. It was screened at the

2020 Toronto International Film Festival The 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, the 45th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, was held from September 10 to 21, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, the festival took place primarily on an online stream ...

,Jeremy Kay
"TIFF adds special events including new edition of Planet Africa, live talks series"
''

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'', August 25, 2020. where it was named the winner of the IMDbPro Short Cuts Award for Best International Short Film.Etan Vlessing
"Toronto: Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Wins Audience Award"
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'', September 20, 2020.

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* 2020 films 2020 short films 2020 LGBT-related films French drama short films French LGBT-related films 2020 drama films LGBT-related short films LGBT-related drama films Films about trans women 2020s French-language films 2020s French films {{2020s-France-film-stub