Synopsis : In the endless plains and desolate mountains of Argentina live the so-called gauchos. Cowboys and cowgirls dressed in beautiful uniforms and with an almost spiritual connection to their horses and the land they ride on. They drink, mate, race, gallop and lasso as their ancestors have always done. Out here among cacti and dusty cornfields, the gauchos keep the traditions of the past alive. Gaucho Gaucho is a celebration of a community suspended in time, floating between the past and present, dream and reality.
Festival History : Sundance Film Festival 2024, Locarno International Film Festival 2024, CPH:DOX 2024, Melbourne International Film Festival 2024
Awards : U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Sound, Sundance Film Festival 2024 | Letterboxd Piazza Grande Award, Locarno International Film Festival 2024
Director :
Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw
Producer :
Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw, Matthew Perniciaro, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Cameron O'Reilly
DOP :
Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw
Editor :
Gabriel Rhodes
Gregory Kershaw is an award-winning filmmaker whose work explores the complexity of humans confronting an ever-changing world. Their film The Truffle Hunters (2020) was selected for over 45 international festivals and was also shortlisted for the Oscars (Best Documentary).
Michael Dweck is a filmmaker and visual artist whose work explores ongoing struggles between identity and adaptation within endangered societal enclaves.