Gianluca Cozza

Directing

Gianluca Cozza

Known for

Directing

Credits

11 titles

Gianluca Cozza (Rio Grande, RS, Brazil) is a director and screenwriter. He directed the short film trilogy Madrugada (2022), Cassino (2024), and Grão (2026), which has been screened and awarded at festivals including Tiradentes, Visions du Réel, and Gramado.

Known for

Behind the camera

Pot-Pourri poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pot-Pourri

2021

Pot-Pourri poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pot-Pourri

2021

Cassino poster
NR

In winter, the biggest beach in the world changes, vacationers return to the city and leave their beach houses empty. Daniel, Tando and Soninho sneak around the streets of Balneário Cassino at night, observing the houses in order to break into them. After collecting some gifts, Soninho explains why he was missing.

Cassino

2024

Cassino poster
NR

In winter, the biggest beach in the world changes, vacationers return to the city and leave their beach houses empty. Daniel, Tando and Soninho sneak around the streets of Balneário Cassino at night, observing the houses in order to break into them. After collecting some gifts, Soninho explains why he was missing.

Cassino

2024

Lagoa Armênia poster
NR

Taquari, a small city in the Rio Grande do Sul, is the birthplace of dictator Arthur da Costa e Silva. In 1976, a bronze bust in his honor was unveiled in Lagoa Armênia, the city's main tourist attraction.

Lagoa Armênia

2025

Lagoa Armênia poster
NR

Taquari, a small city in the Rio Grande do Sul, is the birthplace of dictator Arthur da Costa e Silva. In 1976, a bronze bust in his honor was unveiled in Lagoa Armênia, the city's main tourist attraction.

Lagoa Armênia

2025

Nightwalker poster
NR

Men risk their lives breaking into moving freight trains to recover leftover grain and sell it on. Nightwalker translates into film these nights of endless work in which bodies disappear, swallowed up by the striking industrial landscapes of the Rio Grande port and ensnared by the Brazilian economic crisis.

Nightwalker

2022

Nightwalker poster
NR

Men risk their lives breaking into moving freight trains to recover leftover grain and sell it on. Nightwalker translates into film these nights of endless work in which bodies disappear, swallowed up by the striking industrial landscapes of the Rio Grande port and ensnared by the Brazilian economic crisis.

Nightwalker

2022

Restaurante poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Restaurante

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Grão poster
NR

In a port in the far south of Brazil, Leandro makes a living informally collecting soybeans that were lost during transport. But the crisis gripping the country puts his livelihood at risk. Without prospects, he wanders around in his car with the music blasting. Late into the night, he sets out in search of company, but nothing goes as planned.

Grão

2026

Grão poster
NR

In a port in the far south of Brazil, Leandro makes a living informally collecting soybeans that were lost during transport. But the crisis gripping the country puts his livelihood at risk. Without prospects, he wanders around in his car with the music blasting. Late into the night, he sets out in search of company, but nothing goes as planned.

Grão

2026