WE WERE NO DESERT
NUNCA FUIMOS UN DESIERTO
Agustina Comedi + Chiachio & Giannone • Argentina • 2024 • 12 min. • Super 8
SYNOPSIS
This short film was born from an installation by Argentine textile artists Chiachio & Giannone. In the film, 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.
TRAILER
+ Info: AGUSTINA COMEDI OFFICIAL WEBSITE
+ Info: CHIACHIO & GIANNONE
AWARDS
Best Editing Award
FICE Festival Internacional de Cine de Ensenada. Argentina (2024)
FESTIVALS & ALTERNATIVE SCREENINGS
VIENNA SHORTS International Shorts Film Festival | International Competition. Austria (2024)
Syncro Film Fest. Argentina (2024)
Lago Film Fest. Italy (2024)
Ciclo Rosa LGBTQ+ Film Festival. Colombia (2024)
Concorto Film Festival. Italy (2024)
DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival. Kosovo (2024)
PerSo Perugia Social Film Festival. Italy (2024)
Vancouver International Film Festival. Canada (2024)
FicValdivia International Film Festival. Chile (2024)
L’Alternativa Barcelona Independent Film Festival. Spain (2024)
CREW
DIRECTORS
Agustina Comedi
Chiachio & Giannone
SCREENWRITER
Agustina Comedi
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Daniel Borrelli Azara
PRODUCER
Sandra Rojas (PAN Contenidos)
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Benjamín Ellenberger
SOUND
Mercedes Gaviria Jaramillo
SOUND MIX
Guido Deniro
EDITING & COLOR
Ezequiel Salinas
PERFORMERS
David Gudiño
Daniela Díaz
Rebe López
Zezé Fassmor
Jaguar Dorado
Cristina Coll
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Violeta García
CHOREOGRAPHY
Leticia Mazur
CAMERA ASSISTANT
Leandro Binetti
SCRIPT ADVISOR
Laura Pensa
COSTUMES
Chiachio & Giannone
COSTUME STITCHING
Silvia Gamarra
PERFORMER’S ASSISTANT
Vanesa Castañon
POSTER DESIGN
Pulpografia
TRAILER
Rodrigo Pedro
FESTIVALS & SALES
María Vera (KINO REBELDE)