BIOGRAPHIE

Leandro Afonso is a director, screenwriter, producer, researcher and audiovisual teacher. Graduated [2004-08] in Social Communication – Radio and TV at State University of Santa Cruz (UESC) and master [2015-17] in Communication and Contemporary Culture at Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), where he's at his Doctorate degree [2021-25], part of which was done at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) [2024]. He served as a lecturer at Pontos MIS (Museum of Image and Sound -SP) [2018-19], a professor at the Cinema Institute (Instituto de Cinema –InC) [2017- 20] and at the International Cinema Academy (Academia Internacional de Cinema – AIC) [2016-2021], where he continues to teach online courses. He was also at the Federal University of Latin American Integration (UNILA) [2022-2024], where was a substitute professor and where he also served as co-coordinator of the Cineclube Cinelatino [2013-], a Film Society in which he continues as a collaborator. He directed six short films [2012-2025], screened at 66 festivals, with four awards – three of them won by Every Shadow Seems Alive (2019). - FILMOGRAPHY [producer, screenwriter and director] I Will Never Shoot Again (Nunca Mais Vou Filmar, 2012 – 17’) Lara (Lara, 2013 – 13’) Habeas Corpus (Habeas Corpus, 2014 – 19’) Argentina, Forgive Me (Argentina, Me Desculpe, 2015 – 20’) Every Shadow Seems Alive (Toda Sombra Parece Viva, 2019 – 17’) I Remember My Mom (Ontem Lembrei de Minha Mãe, 2025 – 23’)

FILMOGRAPHIE

• 2025 Ontem Lembrei de Minha Mãe Director, Production, Referent, Sales
• 2019 Toda Sombra Parece Viva Director, Referent, Sales, Production, Script, Editing, Script, Editing
• 2015 Argentina, Me Desculpe Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Script, Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing
• 2014 Habeas Corpus Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Editing, Decors, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Script, Editing, Decors, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing
• 2013 Lara Director, Referent, Sales, Script, Script
• 2012 Nunca Mais Vou Filmar Director, Referent, Sales, Script, Decors, Script, Decors