Agustina Comedi
DIRECTOR
Agustina Comedi
YEAR
2024
COUNTRY
Argentina
RUNTIME
12
minutes
LANGUAGE
Spanish
PRODUCER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Daniel Borrelli Azara PRODUCER Sandra Rojas (PAN Contenidos)
CAST
David Gudiño Daniela Díaz Rebe López Zezé Fassmor Jaguar Dorado Cristina Coll
Donned in airy gender-fluid garb, an array of queer and trans dancers perform the pericón, a traditional group folk dance that is considered to be Argentina’s national dance. Interspersed with the dancers’ personal monologues, the film challenges perceptions of Argentine nationhood that are often presented as white, binary, and civilized.
NY Premiere
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. Chiachio & Giannone are Argentine visual artists. Leo Chiachio (1969, Buenos Aires) and Daniel Giannone (1964, Córdoba). Their work translates the knowledge of painting into the field of textile arts and it is framed within political debates about new family models and LGBTQ+ issues. Their work has been part of national and international exhibitions. Among these, The Emilio Caraffa Fine Arts Museum (Córdoba, 2014), the Museum of Art and Design (NY, 2014), Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2015), Cité International de la Tapisserie d’Aubusson (2016) MOLAA, California (2019) and Antre Peaux, Bourges (2022) among others.
