User:Savio Leite

Education

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Federal University of Minas Gerais) Master in Visual Arts – 2007

Centro Universitario Newton Paiva (Newton Paiva University Center) Bachelor in Social Communications – Major in Public Relations - 1993

Experience

Centro Universitario UNA (UNA University Center) Professor of Animation Cinema – 2010

Centro de Referencia da Cultura Popular Urbana – Favela E’ Isso Ai (Center of Reference of Popular Urban Culture – Favela E’ Isso Ai) Member of this non-profit organization. Teacher in the youth program which offers visual arts courses to youths from areas of high level of violence and poverty - 2010

City of Belo Horizonte Teacher and a coordinator of workshops about documentaries, animations and music video clips in various non-profits organizations and programs sponsored by the city – 2003 to present

CRAV – Centro de Referencia Audiovisual (Audiovisual Reference Center) Cinematographer and Editor for videos and institutional documentaries – 2003 to 2009

MUMIA – Underground World Wide Animation Festival Creator, curator and director. Mumia Festival is considered the second biggest festival in Brazil dedicated to animation movies. 2003 to present

Curator of Brazilian Animation in many countries around the world. 2009 to present

Video-artist, director of short-films and collaborator in several cinema projects. 1994 to present

Cinema Arte Poder Creator and curator. Cinema Art and Power is a summer festival for shorts and feature films. This is a project of the City of Belo Horizonte called Summer Contemporary Arts.

Participation in Festivals

Juror and curator at 3rd ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival of Yerevan in Armenia. 2011

Curator of Brazilian Animation at Fanima tu Festival of Animated Film Trzin Underground in Slovenia. 2010

Juror at 3rd Animec - Festival Internacional de Animacion do Ecuador. 2010

Juror at the 38th Tampere Film Festival. 2009

Curator of Brazilian Animation at the 2nd Camera Mundo Rotterdam. 2009

Juror at El Espejo Festival Internacional de Cortosmetrajes y Escuelas del Cine in Bogota. 2008

Juror at Festival de Cine Social in Santiago del Chile. 2007

Twice nominated to the Grand Award of Brazilian Cinema. 2005 and 2009

My shorts films participated in about 200 Cinema Festivals in more than 30 countries.

Filmography

Mirmidoes (Myrmidons) // Animation // 3 min. // Vídeo // col. // 2001 Award: Best of 5th Cinema Festival of Tiradentes // Brazil // 2001 Marte (Mars) // Animation // 8 min. // Vídeo // col. // 2003 Awards: Best Animation Video // 5th Mercosul Videos Festival // Florianópolis // SC // Brazil // 2003

Best Animation Video // 3rd Minas Shorts Festival // Belo Horizonte/ MG // Brazil // 2003 Plutao (Pluto) // Animation // 3 min. // 35mm //col. // 2004 Awards: Best Animation // Cine Esquema Novo // Porto Alegre Cinema Festival // Brazil // 2004

Mention of Honor // 4th Goiânia Shorts Festival // Goias // Brazil // 2004

2nd Best Animation // XII Teresina Nacional Video Festival // Teresina // Brazil // 2004 O Vento (The Wind) // Animation // 9min. // 35mm // col. // 2004 Award: Best Animation // CINE PE // Audiovisual Festival // Brazil // 2005 Nominated to Grand Award of Brazilian Cinema // Brazilian Cinema Academy // Brazil // 2005 Aeroporto (Airport) // Animation // 4 min. // vídeo // col. // 2005 Eu sou como o polvo (I am like the octopus) // 3 min. // video // col. // 2006 Awards: Mention of Honor // III Interamerican Bienal of Video Art // Washington D.C. // EUA // 2006

Mention of Honor // 3rd Amazon Film Festival // Brazil // 2006

Best Experimental Video // XIV Teresina Video Festival // Brazil // 2006

Mention of Honor // V Minas Cinema and Video Festival // Belo Horizonte // Brazil // 2007.

Experimental drawing // Cine Esquema Novo // Porto Alegre Cinema Festival // Brazil // 2007. Mercurio (Mercury) // Animation // 4 min. // vídeo //col. // 2007 Award: Minas Film Program // Governo do Estado de Minas Gerais // Brazil // 2006 Terra (Earth) // Animation // 5 min. // vídeo // col. // 2008 Awards: Sponsored to create // Secretaria do Audiovisual - Ministério da Cultura // 2007

Best Human Film // Cachaça Cinema Club // 19° International Short Films Festival of São Paulo // Brazil // 2008

Best Regional Short Film // International Animated Festival // Sabará // MG // Brazil // 2008

Jury Special Award // VII Araribóia Cine // Niteroi Cinema Festival // Brazil // 2008

Mention of Honor // 9ª Free Cinema Festival // Rio de Janeiro // Brazil // 2009

Nominated to Grand Award // Vivo of Brazilian Cinema // Brazilian Cinema Academy // Brazil // 2009

Originality Award // 4º Locomotiva // National Animated Festival // Garibaldi // RS // Brazil // 2009

Best Animation // National of Popular Jury Festival // Brazil / 2009

Best Animation // 4º CINEPORT // Cinema of Portuguese Speakers Countries Festival // João Pessoa // Brazil // 2009

Mention of Honor // COMUNICURTAS // Campina Grande Cinema Festival // Campina Grande // PB // 2009.

Nego // Experimental // 3 min // Video // Color // 2010 Awards: Best Short Experimental // 3rd Bahia Afro Film Festival // Salvador // BA // Brazil // 2010

Best of Art Move Festival // New Music Tendency Festival // Belo Horizonte // MG // Brazil // 2010