A Bird Called Memory
Pássaro Memória
A bird called Memory can’t find its way home. Trans woman Lua walks the streets in search of Memory, but the city can be a hostile place.
- Original title: Pássaro Memória
- Country: Brasil, Storbritannia / Brazil, United Kingdom
- Year: 2023
- Length: 15
- Language: Portugisisk / Portuguese
- Director: Leonardo Martinelli
- Script: Leonardo Martinelli
- Photography: Guilherme Tostes
- Editing: Lobo Mauro
- Sound: Caio Alvasc, Roberto Crivano
- Production design: Reinaldo Patricio
- Costume: Reinaldo Patricio
- Cast: Ayla Gabriela, Henrique Bulhões
- Producer: Rafael Manuel, Naomi Pacifique, Leonardo Martinelli, Rafael Teixeira
- Choreography: Soraya Bastos
- Contact: leonardomartinelli.nave@gmail.com
Leonardo Martinelli
Leonardo Martinelli is a filmmaker from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a Master’s degree in Communication from PUC-Rio. His films have played at numerous festivals worldwide, including Locarno, Toronto, San Sebastián, BFI London, Clermont-Ferrand, and Palm Springs. His film Fantasma Neon won Locarno Film Festival’s Golden Leopard for Best International Short Film in 2021. He is currently developing his first feature film, selected for the Locarno Residency and the Hubert Bals Fund.