Animation — International
Hacker Leonilia2026
OFFICIAL SELECTIONAlmaty Indie
Film Festival2026 EDITION
Film Festival2026 EDITION
About the film
Animated short
- Director
- Gustavo Fontele Dourado
- Country
- Brazil
- Runtime
- 15 min
- Language
- Portuguese
Official trailer
Film stills
5 STILLSSynopsis
In the future, an elderly hacker and embroiderer must confront her traumas and use her skills to escape virtual reality. The story is inspired by Leonilia Ferreira, the director’s grandmother.
Festivals and awards
Official Selection · animationBengaluru International Short Film Festival2026
Best FilmLobo Fest2026
Best AnimationZambia Short Film Festival2026
Programme selectionMostra de Cinema de Tiradentes2026
Credits
- Director, writer
- Gustavo Fontele Dourado
- Producers
- Gustavo Fontele Dourado, Luciana Menescal Landwehr, Rafael Moura
- Executive producer
- Lorena Figueiredo
- Animation director
- Antonia Muniz
- Production designer
- Catarina Ribeiro
- Cinematographer
- Ana Luíza Meneses
- Editing
- Luciana Landwehr, Carol Resende
- Sound design
- Fernando Aranha
- Music
- Tássio Caetano
- Voice cast
- Léo Thilé, Leni Rabi, Larissa Souza, Tauã Franco
Director
Gustavo Fontele Dourado
Gustavo Fontele Dourado
Gustavo Fontele Dourado is a Brazilian director and producer and a co-founder of Fontele Studios. He studied film and digital media at IESB in Brasília and game production at Saga/Axis in São Paulo. He works across animation, documentaries, books and comics. Hacker Leonilia links family history with a fantastical world where programming meets embroidery.
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