PAST

2024

• Moviate Underground: Best Short Films of 2023; Harrisburg, USA 2024

• Visão do Paraíso — Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin - Haus der Kulturen der Welt; Berlin, Germany

• Visão do Paraíso — Chicago Latino Film Festival; Chicago, USA

• When We Encounter The World & Seja Bem-Vindo ao Lar — Athens International Film and Video Festival; Athens, USA

• Potenciais à Deriva — somethingELSE01: Hidden in the Archives; Bangkok, Thailand

• When We Encounter The World — Glasgow Short Film Festival; Glasgow, Scotland

• Visão do Paraíso — BRASIL: Short-Films Night - Cinemaattic; Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

• Visão do Paraíso — Cosmic Rays; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

• Visão do Paraíso — Nectar from Another Planet; Poznan, Poland

• SIN MAR: Visão do Paraíso by Leonardo Pirondi + Herbaria by Leandro Listorti — Centro Cultural de España Juan de Salazar; Asunción - Paraguay

• Potenciais à Deriva — International Film Festival Rotterdam: Tiger Short Competition; Rotterdam, Netherlands

• In Search of Mount Analogue & Effulgent Gleam — Xcèntric: Centre de Cultura Comtemporànea de Barcelona, Spain

• When We Encounter The World: The Expanded Environment — Galeria Mola; Braga, Portugal

• Visão do Paraíso - Slamdance; Park City and Salt Lake City, USA

• When We Encounter The World — San Diego Underground Film Festival; San Diego, USA

2023

• Visão do Paraíso — Beijing International Short Film Festival; Beijing, China

• Visão do Paraíso — Porto/Post/Doc; Porto Portugal

• Visão do Paraíso — Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM)

• When We Encounter The World — Viennale; Vienna, Austria

• Visão do Paraíso — Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin

• Visão do Paraíso — Light Matter; Alfred NY

• Visão do Paraíso — Uppsala Short Film Festival ; Uppsala, Sweeden

• Visão do Paraíso — Antimatter [Media Art]; Victoria, Canada

• When We Encounter The World — Maysles Documentary Center, New York, USA

• A Night with Leonardo Pirondi and Zazie Ray-Trapido at Spectacle Theater; New York, USA

• When We Encounter The World — New York Film Festival: Currents; New York, USA

• Effulgent Gleam — Mostra Strangloscope, Florianópolis, Brazil

• Visão do Paraíso — Festival EDOC; Quito/Guayaquil, Ecuador

• Visão do Paraíso — Tacoma Film Festival; Tacoma, USA

• Visão do Paraíso — Goiânia Mostra Curtas; Goiânia, Brazil

• Visão do Paraíso — Revolutions per Minute Festival; Boston & Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

• Visão do Paraíso — Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival; Bucharest, Romania

• Visão do Paraíso — Visions 2030 FUTURING: Earth Edition exhibition; Valencia, USA

• Seja Bem-Vindo ao Lar — Chicago Underground Film Festival

• Visão do Paraíso — St. Moritz Art Film Festival; St. Moritz, Switzerland

• Visão do Paraíso — Melbourne International Film Festival - Melbourne, Australia

• Visão do Paraíso — Bogotá Experimental Film Festival; Bogotá, Colombia

• Visão do Paraíso — Mimesis Documentary Film Festival; Boulder, USA

• Visão do Paraíso — DokuFest International Documentary Film Festival - Prizren, Kosovo

• Visão do Paraíso — Guanajuato International Film Festival - Multiple Cities, Mexico

• When We Encounter The World — Curtas Vila do Conde; Vila do Conde, Portugal

• Visão do Paraíso — Festival ECRÃ; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Visão do Paraíso — Oak Cliff Film Festival; Dallas, USA

• The Perfect Room — Kino Palais; Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Visão do Paraíso — Philadelphia Latino Film Festival; Philadelphia, USA

• Visão do Paraíso — Vienna Shorts Film Festival (International Competition); Vienna, Austria

• Visão do Paraíso — Brooklyn Film Festival; Brooklyn, USA

• Earth had issues Loading… — Cinemóvil NYC x Film-Makers' Cooperative: On the Presentation of Nature; New York, USA

• Effulgent Gleam — Winnipeg Underground Film Festival; Manitoba, Canada

• Visão do Paraíso — Mammoth Lakes Film Festival; Mammoth Lakes; USA

• Visão do Paraíso — Moviate Underground Film Festival; Harrisburg, USA

• Effulgent Gleam & The Perfect Room — Beijing International Short Film Festival at Goethe-Institut China; Beijing, China

• The Perfect Room & What Remains — Heavy Light by 𝔰𝔞𝔫 𝔡𝔦𝔢𝔤𝔬 𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔤𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡; Los Angeles, USA

• Effulgent Gleam & The Perfect Room — Beijing International Short Film Festival at UCCA Edge; Shanghai, China.

• SOLO SCREENING: films from 2019-2022 — Earth Grain Pixel: Films by Leonardo Pirondi at Spectacle Theater - New York, USA

• Visiting Artist Lecture at UWM (Film, Video, Anim., and New Genres) - Milwaukee, USA

• Visão do Paraíso — Athens International Film and Video Festival - Athens, USA

• Visão do Paraíso — Onion City Experimental Film Festival - Chicago, USA

•  Visão do Paraíso — Glasgow International Short Film Festival (Bill Douglas Competition) - Glasgow, UK

• Visiting Artist Lecture at the University of Chicago - Chicago, USA

• Visão do Paraíso — International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) - Rotterdam, Netherlands

• If a Tree Falls in a Forest — Wexner Center for the Arts: Cosmic Rays Touring Program - Columbus, USA

2022

• If a Tree Falls in a Forest — 1666 Festival Internacional de Cinema 16mm; São Paulo, Brazil.

• Effulgent Gleam — Cámara Lúcida Festival Internacional de Cine Contemporáneo - Cuenca, Ecuador.

• Earth had issues Loading…  — Film & Environment at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - Milwaukee, USA.

• The Perfect Room — Light Matter - Alfred, USA.

• If a Tree Falls in a Forest — Film & Environment at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - Milwaukee, USA.

• The Perfect Room — Antimatter [Media Art] - Victoria BC, Canada.

• What Remains —Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival - Lausanne, Switzerland.

• If a Tree Falls in a Forest — Lima Alterna Festival Internacional de Cine: Wild Regions - Lima, Peru

• Visão do Paraíso — BFI London Film Festival: Experimenta - London, United Kingdom.

• In Search of Mount Analogue — Tacoma Film Festival - Tacoma, USA.

• If a Tree Falls in a Forest — Ambulante Cine Documental Itinerante: Injerto - Ciudad de México, Mexico.

• If a Tree Falls in a Forest — Edinburgh International Film Festival: Echoes in the Landscape  - Edinburgh, Scotland.

• In Search of Mount Analogue — Millennium Film Workshop - Brooklyn, USA.

• In Search of Mount Analogue — Festival ECRÃ - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

• If a Tree Falls in a Forest — California Institute of the Arts - Valencia, USA.

• Effulgent Gleam — Move Screen! Process Cinema! (Vol.1) at Whammy! Analog Media - Echo Park, USA.

•  If a Tree Falls in a Forest — Millennium Film Workshop - Brooklyn, USA.

•  If a Tree Falls in a Forest — Brooklyn Film Festival - Brooklyn, USA.

• In Search of Mount Analogue — Montreal Underground Film Festival - Montreal, Canada.

• In Search of Mount Analogue — Mammoth Lakes Film Festival - Mammoth Lakes, USA.

• If a Tree Falls in a Forest — Moviate Underground Film Festival - Harrisburg, USA.

• Visão do Paraíso (work in progress) — Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (REDCAT) - Los Angeles, USA.

• In Search of Mount Analogue — Whammy! Analog Media - Echo Park, USA.

• In Search of Mount Analogue — Chicago International Film Festival (CineYouth) - Chicago, USA. [Award for Best Experimental Film]

• In Search of Mount Analogue — Athens International Film + Video Festival - Athens, USA.

•  If a Tree Falls in a Forest — Cosmic Rays - Chapel Hill, USA.

•   In Search of Mount Analogue — Big Muddy Film Festival: Moods of Modernity in the SIU Museum - Carbondale, USA.

• SOLO SHOW: films from 2019 - 2021 — BORDERS: Films by Leonardo Pirondi at Galeria Mola - Braga, Portugal.

2021

• In Search of Mount Analogue & If a Tree Falls in a Forest — San Diego Underground Film Festival - San Diego, USA.

• If a Tree Falls in a Forest — Light Matter - Alfred, USA.

• If a Tree Falls in a Forest — Cámara Lúcida Festival Internacional de Cine Contemporáneo - Cuenca, Ecuador.

• Earth had issues Loading… — Athens International Film + Video Festival - Athens, USA.

• Earth had issues Loading… — Pleasure Dome: Ecologies of Industry - Toronto, Canada.

• Selected work in progress — Silver Dusk  - Los Angeles, USA.

• Earth had issues Loading… — Duluth Superior Film Festival - Duluth, USA.

• Benning's Dream — Festival Ecrã - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

• Earth had issues Loading… — Oak Cliff Film Festival - Dallas, USA.

• Benning's Dream — Pena Capital (Filmes na Quarentena II) - São Paulo, Brazil.

• Selected works in progress — Bijou Festival - Valencia, California, USA.

• Earth had issues Loading… — Chicago International Film Festival (CineYouth) - Chicago, USA.

• This is Mine, This is Yours. — Feeler Gauge Festival - Los Angeles, USA.

• This is Mine, This is Yours & Earth had issues Loading… — California Institute of the Arts - Valencia, USA.

• Earth had issues Loading… — 13th Strangloscope - Florianópolis, Brazil.

2020

• Earth had issues Loading… — CalArts thurs.night Gallery - Valencia, USA.

• Earth had issues Loading… — San Diego Underground Film Festival - San Diego, USA.

• Earth had issues Loading… — Moviate Underground Film Festival - Harrisburg, USA.

• Earth had issues Loading… — Milwaukee Underground Film Festival - Milwaukee, USA.

• Earth had issues Loading… — Festival Ecrã - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

2019

• Wavelengths - Multi-channel Video Installation — C113 Gallery at California Institute of the Arts - Valencia, USA.

• This is Mine, This is Yours — Austin Arthouse Film Festival - Austin, USA.

• (un)MUTE — CalArts Latin Fest - Valencia, USA.

• (un)MUTE — Brooklyn Film Festival - Brooklyn, USA.

2018

• Visiting Artist Lecture — Photo & Video at Escola Viva - São Paulo, Brazil.