FANTASMA NEON

NEON PHANTOM

Leonardo Martinelli | Brazil | Fiction | 2021 | 20 min

SYNOPSIS

João is a delivery man who dreams of having a motorcycle. He was told that everything would be like a musical film. But even in neon, he is still invisible.

ESPAÑOL

João es repartidor y sueña con tener su propia motocicleta. Le habían contado que todo sería como una película musical. Pero, aunque vista con colores fluorescentes, João sigue siendo invisible.



FESTIVALS & AWARDS

  • Locarno International Film Festival: Best Short Film
  • San Sebastián International Film Festival: Official Selection
  • Toulouse Latin American Film Festival: Audience Award, Prix 'Courtoujours' Winner
  • Cartagena Film Festival: Official Selection

MEET THE DIRECTOR

LEONARDO MARTINELLI

Leonardo Martinelli (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1998) is a film director and student at the PUC-Rio. His films blend narrative, documentary and experimental approaches and have been selected for more than three hundred festivals worldwide, including Locarno, Molodist, Chicago, Biarritz, Toulouse and Rio. In 2020 he was voted by critics as one of the Top 10 New Brazilian Filmmakers by Papo de Cinema. Among other short films, he has directed Copacabana madureira (2019) and O prazer de matar insetos (2020).

ESPAÑOL

Leonardo Martinelli (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. 1998) es director de cine y estudiante en PUC-Rio. Sus películas mezclan enfoques narrativos, documentales y experimentales y han sido seleccionados en más de trescientos festivales de todo el mundo, como Locarno, Molodist, Chicago, Biarritz, Toulouse o Rio. En 2020 fue incluido en el Top 10 de nuevos cineastas brasileños de Papo de Cinema. Ha dirigido entre otros los cortos Copacabana madureira (2019) y O prazer de matar insetos (2020).