'Gaucha' by Daira Ronzoni will have its premiere at
@glasgowshort next month!
The screening will be on Friday, 20th of March at
@grosvenorpicturetheatre Glasgow at 7 pm. Tickets are available now through the festival's website - free but booking required - link in bio! The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Daira.
'Gaucha' is a hybrid live action/animated short inspired by imagined migrations across South American borderlands, deserts, underworlds, and shifting biomes where timelines blur. From shimmering water to distant stars, the journey follows Gaucha, a wandering queer mestiza carrying ancestral memories, searching for deities and dreams. Gaucha is a feminist reclamation of the gaucho, a figure associated with myths of masculine heroism. The film draws on the Andean principle of ch’ixi, where Indigenous and colonial worlds exist side by side without fusing into a single mestizo identity. Each remains visible, shaping the landscapes, rituals, and encounters along Gaucha’s path.
@dairaronzoni is a multidisciplinary artist based in Glasgow, born in Buenos Aires and raised in the UK. Working across film, installation, sculpture, painting, sound, and virtual environments, her practice draws from Indigenous and queer cosmologies, migration, earthly ritual, and ecological care, building immersive worlds shaped by personal and cultural histories.
'Gaucha' was developed and produced by the Too Happy Artist Commission in partnership with
@forestofblack and
@glasgowshort with support from
@filmvidumbrella and
@cofgcollege . Funded by
@creativescots
Image courtesy of Daria Ronzoni
