Leonardo Martinelli

Directing·Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

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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.

Film	Credit
Film Copacabana2025 · Producer	Producer
Samba Infinite2025 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
A Bird Called Memory2023 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Neon Phantom2021 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
The Pleasure of Killing Bugs2020 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Around Copacabana2019 · Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
Um Estranho no Escuro2019 · Actor	Actor
Remember2018 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
If The World Spinned Backwards2018 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Life in Gray2017 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography