women, elderly, technology, social/political repression
In the future, an elderly hacker and embroiderer must confront her own traumas and use her skills to escape a virtual reality. This story is based on the life of my grandmother, Leonilia Ferreira.
Gustavo is from Brasília and he works as a director, producer and screenwriter. He is a partner at Fontele Studios, a Brazilian transmedia company. He directed the animated short "Hacker Leonilia"—which was selected to the Animation Competition in the Bengaluru International Short Film Festival, an Academy Award Qualifying Festival.