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Brazilian Filmmaker From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leonardo Pirondi is a Brazilian film director from São Paulo. Pirondi's work explores the intersection between fiction and non-fiction filmmaking using non-conventional structures of documentary, experimental, and narrative modes.[1] In his films he explores contemporary sociopolitical issues and collective anxieties as a lens to look into history, imagination, myth, and technology.[2][3]
Leonardo Pirondi | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Brazilian |
Education | California Institute of the Arts |
Occupation | Film director |
Notable work | Visão do Paraíso (short) |
Website | www |
He studied filmmaking at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in a 16 mm and analog focussed film program with an avant-garde/experimental film tradition.[4]
His films have been presented at the Toronto International Film Festival,[5] International Film Festival Rotterdam,[6][7] New York Film Festival (Currents),[8][9] Vienna International Film Festival,[10] BFI London Film Festival,[11] Slamdance,[12] Melbourne International Film Festival,[13] Edinburgh International Film Festival, Centre de Cultura Contemporànea de Barcelona,[14] and REDCAT.[15] Some of his films exist in the UCLA Film and Television Archive, The Film-Makers' Cooperative in New York,[16] and were deposited at the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro[17] after the 4th edition of the 1666 Festival Internacional de Cinema 16mm.[18] He has had solo and retrospective showings of his films at the Spectacle Theater in New York City,[19][20] and Galeria Mola in Portugal.[21][22] He took part in the 2023 Sundance Ignite X Adobe Fellowship.[23]
Pirondi's first co-authored project, the 2023 short film titled When We Encounter the World, was co-directed with Zazie Ray-Trapido and it premiered at the 32nd Curtas Vila do Conde[24] followed by the North American Premiere at the 62nd New York Film Festival,[25] the Austrian Premiere at the 61st Viennale,[26] and selected to additional exhibitions at 15th CROSSROADS by the San Francisco Cinematheque,[27] San Diego Underground Film Festival among others. The film was also shown alongside an interactive exhibition at Galeria Mola in Portugal.[28]
Pirondi's 2024 short film, Potenciais à Deriva [Adrift Potentials],[29] premiered at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam as part of the Tiger Short Competition,[30] with a North American premiere at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival (Wavelengths)[31] and selected to the 33rd Curtas Vila do Conde, and 77th Edinburgh International Film Festival,[32] among others.
Year | Original Title | English Title | Length | Country | Notes | Ref. |
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2019 | This is Mine, This is Yours | 3 minutes | ![]() |
Short film | [33] | |
2020 | Benning's Dream | 2 minutes | ![]() |
Animated short film starring James Benning | [34] | |
Earth had issues Loading... | 9 minutes | ![]() |
Short film | |||
2021 | In Search of Mount Analogue | 4 minutes | [35] | |||
If a Tree Falls in a Forest | 15 minutes | [36] | ||||
2022 | Effulgent Gleam | 7 minutes | [37] | |||
Visão do Paraíso | Vision of Paradise | 16 minutes | ![]() |
Short film
English title: Vision of Paradise |
[38] | |
2023 | Seja Bem-Vindo ao Lar | Welcome Home | 4 minutes | ![]() |
Short film | [39] |
When We Encounter The World | 11 minutes | ![]() |
Short film
Co-directed with Zazie Ray-Trapido |
[40] | ||
2024 | Potenciais á Deriva | Adrift Potentials | 11 minutes | ![]() |
Short Film | [29][41] |
Year | Result | Award | Category | Work | Ref. |
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2024 | Nominated | Edinburgh International Film Festival | Experimental Shorts | Potenciais à Deriva | [42][43] |
Nominated | Curtas Vila do Conde | Experimental Competition | [44] | ||
Nominated | European Media Art Festival | International Competition | Seja Bem-Vindo ao Lar | [45] | |
International Film Festival Rotterdam | Tiger Short Award Competition | Potenciais à Deriva | [46] | ||
Slamdance Film Festival | Documentary Short Grand Jury Prize | Visão do Paraíso | [47] | ||
2023 | Nominated | Curtas Vila do Conde | Experimental Competition | When We Encounter The World | [48] |
Won | Brooklyn Film Festival | Best Experimental Award | Visão do Paraíso | [49] | |
Nominated | Vienna Shorts | FIDO Competition | [50] | ||
Guanajuato International Film Festival | International Documentary | [51] | |||
DokuFest | International Short DOX | [52] |
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