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Wednesday, November 25, 2020 - 19:00
Written by:
Agustina Comedi
Cast:
Marcos García, La Delpi, Martín Shanly
Cinematography:
Magalí Mérida
Editing:
Valeria Racioppi
Sound:
Guido Deniro
Producer:
Magalí Mérida
In Cordoba of the late 80s, after the fall of the military dictatorship, the newly regained freedom of the LGBTQI+ community is decimated by the HIV-AIDS crisis. La Delpi, one of the few surviving drag queens of the scene, tells the bittersweet story of those years over VHS images, stopping on the image of La Colo - whose tragic end she reimagines, playing back reality. A time capsule that pays tribute to the struggles of the queer community and to its forms of resistance. (Flavia Dima, BIEFF 2020)
Director:
AGUSTINA COMEDI (n. 1986) is an Argentinian filmmaker and screenwriter based in Córdoba, Argentina. Her debut feature film, SILENCE IS A FALLING BODY / EL SILENCIO ES UN CUERPO QUE CAE (2017), based on her late father’s home movie tapes, had its world premiere at the prestigious IDFA documentary film festival and was selected in more than 50 international festivals. She is working on her second feature film.
Contact:
María Vera
Festivals, awards:
Teddy Award for Best Short Film - Berlinale 2020 / Best Short Film, National Competition - Mar del Plata 2019 / Hot Docs 2020 / New Directors, New Films USA 2020 / Vancouver 2020 / Jeonju 2020 / Sheffield Doc/Fest 2020 / Thessaloniki IDFF 2020 / Melbourne 2020 / Black Canvas Mexico City 2020 / Special Mention of the Jury - Kreivės Vilnius Queer Festival 2020
“I grew up in a conservative province city. My family wasn’t a traditional family, which was transparent due to the people around my father: his friends, ex-boyfriends, cellmates, and drinking buddies. When my father died, they became my family, my „aunts”. One of them, Delpi, created a group of drag queens in the ’80s who used their shows to fight the police that imprisoned and tortured them, family rejection and the loss of friends during the AIDS crisis. This world, which becomes grayer each day, needs to look at their spells, dreams and revolutions, because they were good at partying, fighting, and loving, three things that this agonizing history requires urgently.” (AGUSTINA COMEDI)”