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 |
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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]
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 International Film Festival Rotterdam, [5] New York Film Festival (Currents section), [6] [7] Vienna International Film Festival, [8] BFI London Film Festival, [9] Slamdance, [10] Melbourne International Film Festival, [11] Edinburgh International Film Festival, Centre de Cultura Contemporànea de Barcelona, [12] and REDCAT. [13] Some of his films exist in the UCLA Film and Television Archive, The Film-Makers' Cooperative in New York, [14] and were deposited at the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro [15] after the 4th edition of the 1666 Festival Internacional de Cinema 16mm. [16] He has had solo and retrospective showings of his films at the Spectacle Theater in New York City, [17] [18] and Galeria Mola in Portugal. [19] [20] He took part in the 2023 Sundance Ignite X Adobe Fellowship. [21]
His film, Potenciais à Deriva [Adrift Potentials], [22] was selected for the Tiger Short Competition at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam. [23]
Year | Title | Length | Notes | Ref. |
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2019 | This is Mine, This is Yours | 3 minutes | Short film | |
2020 | Benning's Dream | 2 minutes | Short film | |
Earth had issues Loading... | 9 minutes | Short film | ||
2021 | In Search of Mount Analogue | 4 minutes | Short film | |
If a Tree Falls in a Forest | 15 minutes | Short film | ||
2022 | Effulgent Gleam | 7 minutes | Short film | |
Visão do Paraíso | 16 minutes | Short film
English title: Vision of Paradise |
[24] | |
2023 | Seja Bem-Vindo ao Lar | 4 minutes | Short film
English title: Welcome Home |
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When We Encounter The World | 11 minutes | Short film
Co-directed with Zazie Ray-Trapido |
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2024 | Potenciais á Deriva | 11 minutes | Short Film
English title: Adrift Potentials |
[22] [25] |
Year | Result | Award | Category | Work | Ref. |
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2024 | Nominated | European Media Art Festival | International Competition | Seja Bem-Vindo ao Lar | [26] |
Nominated | International Film Festival Rotterdam | Tiger Short Award Competition | Potenciais à Deriva | [27] | |
Nominated | Slamdance Film Festival | Documentary Short Grand Jury Prize | Visão do Paraíso | [28] | |
2023 | Nominated | Curtas Vila do Conde | Experimental Competition | When We Encounter The World | [29] |
Won | Brooklyn Film Festival | Best Experimental Award | Visão do Paraíso | [30] | |
Nominated | Vienna Shorts | FIDO Competition | [31] | ||
Nominated | Guanajuato International Film Festival | International Documentary | [32] | ||
Nominated | DokuFest | International Short DOX | [33] |