
Directing
Leonardo Martinelli
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Filmmaker from Rio de Janeiro. His film Neon Phantom won the Golden Leopard for Best International Short Film at the Locarno Film Festival. His shorts have been selected at festivals worldwide, including Cannes, Locarno, Toronto, San Sebastián, BFI London, Clermont-Ferrand, Palm Springs, Montreal, Biarritz, Toulouse and others. He also holds a Master’s degree in Communication from PUC-Rio and is currently developing his first feature film, selected for the Locarno Residency and the Hubert Bals Fund.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
5.5Presidential elections. Fake news. Pleasures and pains through the neighborhoods of the city. Brazil, 21st century.
Around Copacabana
2019
5.5Presidential elections. Fake news. Pleasures and pains through the neighborhoods of the city. Brazil, 21st century.
Around Copacabana
2019
5.5Presidential elections. Fake news. Pleasures and pains through the neighborhoods of the city. Brazil, 21st century.
Around Copacabana
2019
5.0During Rio's Carnival, a street cleaner struggles with the loss of his sister and his work obligations. Amid the celebrations, he finds a lost child and sets out to help him.
Samba Infinite
2025
5.0During Rio's Carnival, a street cleaner struggles with the loss of his sister and his work obligations. Amid the celebrations, he finds a lost child and sets out to help him.
Samba Infinite
2025
5.0During Rio's Carnival, a street cleaner struggles with the loss of his sister and his work obligations. Amid the celebrations, he finds a lost child and sets out to help him.
Samba Infinite
2025
NRThe daily life of a young woman from Rio de Janeiro witnessed through her cell phone screen.
Remember
2018
NRThe daily life of a young woman from Rio de Janeiro witnessed through her cell phone screen.
Remember
2018
NRThe daily life of a young woman from Rio de Janeiro witnessed through her cell phone screen.
Remember
2018
NRA woman places a chair on the sidewalk in Rio and watches as the neighbourhood "unfolds" before her eyes – like a movie scene. Workers, tourists, dogs and street life combine to form a Copacabana portrait, through clever editing and montage.
Film Copacabana
2025
NRA bird called Memory has forgotten how to come back home. Lua, a trans woman, searches for Memory in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, but the city can be a hostile place.
A Bird Called Memory
2023
NRA bird called Memory has forgotten how to come back home. Lua, a trans woman, searches for Memory in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, but the city can be a hostile place.
A Bird Called Memory
2023
NRA bird called Memory has forgotten how to come back home. Lua, a trans woman, searches for Memory in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, but the city can be a hostile place.
A Bird Called Memory
2023
4.9A delivery man dreams of having a motorcycle. He was told that everything would be like a musical film.
Neon Phantom
2021
4.9A delivery man dreams of having a motorcycle. He was told that everything would be like a musical film.
Neon Phantom
2021
4.9A delivery man dreams of having a motorcycle. He was told that everything would be like a musical film.
Neon Phantom
2021
4.0In a dystopic world where all things happen in reverse, a man leaves a message to his beloved.
If The World Spinned Backwards
2018
4.0In a dystopic world where all things happen in reverse, a man leaves a message to his beloved.
If The World Spinned Backwards
2018
4.0In a dystopic world where all things happen in reverse, a man leaves a message to his beloved.
If The World Spinned Backwards
2018
NRIn the near future, the climate crisis reaches an irreversible point. A nun and a priest meet to talk about the disappearance of insects.
The Pleasure of Killing Bugs
2020
NRIn the near future, the climate crisis reaches an irreversible point. A nun and a priest meet to talk about the disappearance of insects.
The Pleasure of Killing Bugs
2020
NRIn the near future, the climate crisis reaches an irreversible point. A nun and a priest meet to talk about the disappearance of insects.
The Pleasure of Killing Bugs
2020
7.0A faux documentary about the ongoing social, political and economical crisis in Brazil, where the government cuts the colors of Rio de Janeiro, turning the city black and white.
Life in Gray
2017
7.0A faux documentary about the ongoing social, political and economical crisis in Brazil, where the government cuts the colors of Rio de Janeiro, turning the city black and white.
Life in Gray
2017
