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IFF Message to Man > 2025 > International Competition: Short Feature films > Samba Infinito

Samba Infinito

Information about the film

Genres: Feature, Short-length

Director: Leonardo Martinelli

Operator: João Atala

Screenwriter: Leonardo Martinelli

Cast: Alexandre Amador, Miguel Leonardo, Camila Pitanga, Gilberto Gil

Producer: Renan Barbosa Brandão, Rafael Teixeira, Leonardo Martinelli, Lucas H. Rossi, Clara Marquardt, Justin Pechberty, Damien Megherbi

Year: 2025

Country: Brazil-France

Duration: 15 min.

Languages: Portuguese

Description

Russian premiere

During Rio’s Carnival, a street cleaner struggles with the loss of his sister and his work obligations. Amid the celebrations, he finds a lost child and sets out to help him. Carnival is a time when even those forever gone can return. A phantasmagorical film by inventive Brazilian filmmaker Leonardo Martinelli.

About the director:

Leonardo Martinelli
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.

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