INTERNATIONAL SHORT DOX
We Were No Desert
Nunca fuimos un desierto
Directors
Agustina Comedi + Chiachio & Giannone
Producers
Sandra Rojas
Cinematographers
Benjamin Ellenberger
Editors
Ezequiel Salinas
Sound
Mercedes Gaviria Jaramillo
Official Film Website
Contact
Kino Rebelde
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2024
Argentina
13 min
Color
This short film was born from an installation by Argentine textile artists Chiachio & Giannone. In it, a group of dancers, wearing dresses crafted and sublimated by the artists, challenge the choreography of the "Pericón," the national folk dance, to question the portrayal of a homeland projected as white, binary, and civilized.
The film rejects the conquest imaginary that narrated a void erasing diversity: we were no desert.
Agustina Comedi (1986, Argentina). Scriptwriter and filmmaker. She holds a degree in Literature. In 2017, her debut film "Silence is a Falling Body"; premiered at IDFA. Her short film, "Playback"(2019) was part of the Berlinale Shorts Competition in 2020, where it won the Teddy Award. It was also awarded Best Short Film in the Mar del Plata Film Festival and Entrevues Belfort. She is currently working on her second and third films.
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Showtimes
5 Aug @ 15:00
7 Aug @ 22:00
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