Leandro Goddinho is an award-winning Brazilian filmmaker selected for BERLINALE TALENTS 2018. His short films won more than 100 awards in Film Festivals around the world. In 2015, he was selected to the German Chancellor Fellowship for Prospective Leaders sponsored by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to research and develop a documentary project about LGBTQ+ issues, called “The World is round so that nobody can hide in the corners” (6 Awards).
His graduation Project DARLUZ (2009) won 38 awards and his recent short film Piscina (Pool) had its World Premiere at Palm Springs Film Festival in 2016 and it won 46 Awards, being selected for more than 100 Film Festivals around the world. In 2017 Goddinho won the “New Screenwriters Fund” from the Brazilian Ministry of Culture to write his first feature-length film. Currently is attending the Master in Media and Visual Anthropology at Freie Universität-Berlin holding a DAAD Scholarship.
In 2019, he will release the short films “Lolo” and “Antes que seja tarde” (Before it’s too late), and he is in pre-production of his first feature film, “Ativismo Positivo”.
His graduation Project DARLUZ (2009) won 38 awards and his recent short film Piscina (Pool) had its World Premiere at Palm Springs Film Festival in 2016 and it won 46 Awards, being selected for more than 100 Film Festivals around the world. In 2017 Goddinho won the “New Screenwriters Fund” from the Brazilian Ministry of Culture to write his first feature-length film. Currently is attending the Master in Media and Visual Anthropology at Freie Universität-Berlin holding a DAAD Scholarship.
In 2019, he will release the short films “Lolo” and “Antes que seja tarde” (Before it’s too late), and he is in pre-production of his first feature film, “Ativismo Positivo”.