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

FESTIVALS & ALTERNATIVE SCREENINGS

VIENNA SHORTS International Shorts Film Festival | International Competition. Austria (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)