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Agustina Comedi (born December 10, 1986) is an Argentinian writer and director. Some of her most well-known works include Silence Is a Falling Body (El silencio es un cuerpo que cae, 2017), Playback (2019) and Trans Memory Archive (Archivo de la Memoria Trans, 2022), all of which belong to Argentinian LGBT+ cinema.

Biography
Comedi was born in Córdoba, Argentina on December 10, 1986. She graduated from the National University of Córdoba with a degree in Modern Languages and style correction. She studied under Pablo Solarz, Mauricio Kartún, Ariel Barchilón, Marta Andreu and Gustavo Fontán. She currently teaches in Raymundo Gleyzer Secondary School, where she is in charge of an audiovisual workshop.

She made her directorial debut in 2018 with Silence Is a Falling Body, a documentary which earned her a Silver Condor Award (the Argentinian equivalent to an Academy Award). This film depicts the life of Comedi's father as a left-wing activist and a closeted gay man through a series of his own homemade recordings.

Her next directorial work was Playback, which includes documentary material about a travesti (travestite) who's the lone survivor of her group, the rest of which died of AIDS.

Filmmaking credits

 * Silence Is a Falling Body (El silencio es un cuerpo que cae, 2017)
 * Playback (2019)
 * Trans Memory Archive (Archivo de la Memoria Trans, 2022)

Awards and nominations

 * Condor Awards (Argentine Film Critics Association)
 * 2019. Winner. Silver Condor Award for Best Documentary Feature Film for Silence Is a Falling Body (2017)
 * 2019. Nominated. Best Directorial Debut for Silence Is a Falling Body (2017)
 * 2019. Nominated. Best Director for Silence Is a Falling Body (2017)
 * 2022. Nominated. Best Documentary Series for Trans Memory Archive (2022)
 * 2022. Nominated. Outstanding Directing for a Series for Trans Memory Archive (2022)
 * Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale)
 * 2020. Winner (Teddy). Best Feature Film for Playback (2019)
 * 2020. Nominated (Golden Bear). Best Short Film for Playback (2019)
 * DokuFest (International Documentary and Short Film Festival)
 * 2020. Nominated. Best International Short Documentary for Playback (2019)
 * Hamburg International Film Festival
 * 2018. Nominated. NDR Young Talent Award. Best Film for Silence Is a Falling Body (2017)