My Father's Legacy
COMING OF AGE FEATURE
Written by Leandro Matos
Stage: Script on the 3rd draft
LOGLINE: After the dead of his father, a young boy embarks on a quest to connect with his dad’s friends and reclaim items his dead left for him.
SCRIPTAPALOOZA REVIEW:
“This draft is loaded with authentic emotions, which is a rare quality in screenwriting.
Millennials
DRAMA SERIES
Created by Leandro Matos
Stage: Bible + Pilot + Pitch Deck
LOGLINE: Seven thirtysomethibng friends from multi-cultural backgrounds struggle to balance the dreams of their youth with the harsh reality of being an adult in competitive Toronto.
The Lost Brother
DRAMA, FEATURE
Written by Leandro Matos
Stage: Script on the 1st draft
LOGLINE: After the suspicious disappearance of his older brother, a 12-year-old boy spends years searching for the truth, until he discovers that the answers he was looking for were closer to home than he ever imagined.
O Caso Carlinhos
THRILLER FEATURE
Written by Leandro Matos
Stage: Script on 3rd draft, searching for co-production, distribution and funding
ProCo: Dib Produções
LOGLINE: In 1973, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, a journalist and a detective pair up to investigate the kidnap of 12-year-old Carlinhos. Through years of mystery, no clues and endless loose ends, their obsession in finding the truth eats up their lives and all the relationships they built.
2018 Winner of a development grant from FSA (Brazilian Government Audiovisual Fund)
Bachelor's Guidebook
COMEDY SERIES
Created by Leandro Matos
Stage: Pilot on 3rd draft
LOGLINE: Four twenty something friends create a guidebook on how to be single, joining their tips, tactics, and stories on how to attach women and how to escape from the bad situations they usually end up getting into.
Pilot took 5th Place at the 2016 Cannes Screenplay Contest
`A Primeira Vista
ROMANTIC COMEDY FEATURE
Written by Leandro Matos
Stage: Script on 3rd draft; currently looking for funding/streaming
ProdCo: Rubi Produções
LOGLINE: When an arrogant fashion producer realizes everyone she knows hate her, she decides to do something about it and change her behavior, opening herself up to rediscovering the people in her life and not judging them by her first impressions anymore.
Immi
COMEDY SERIES
Created by Diego Lara & Leandro Matos
Stage: Concept
LOGLINE: Imagine yourself immigrating to Canada to work at the company you’ve always wanted, in that perfect position – almost tailored for your – and having everything you’ve spent your entire life dreaming of. Just to wake up and find out that you are totally lost, in a different country, with exactly ZERO friends and unable to go back home.
Welcome to the life of Leo, a deluded Brazilian immigrant who arrives in Canada full of empty dreams and must pick up his feet when reality hits: the company that hired him went bankrupt on the same day of his arrival, leaving him embarrassed to go back home looking like a failure and setting him on a struggling journey to start over from scratch.
As Quatro Estações
ROMANCE FEATURE
Written by Leandro Matos
Stage: Script on 2nd draft
LOGLINE: Alexandre and Luiza meet each other on the first day of school, when they are 12. During the next 15 years, they will grow together, first as friends, then as lovers, until they break each others hearts and cross paths again years later, finally giving their relationship a second chance.
Ritchie
ACTION/COMEDY FEATURE
Written by Leandro Matos
Stage: Concept
LOGLINE: A Guy Ritchie biopic where truth is nowhere to be found.
The Pop Lares
DRAMEDY FEATURE
Written by Leandro Matos
Status: Script on 2nd draft
ProdCo: Cinefilm
LOGLINE: When a talented struggling singer finds herself in urgent need of a job that pays the bills, she ends up accepting the position of lead singer in a successful wedding band. She instantly clashes against the male lead, an entertainment who is passionate about their job and they slowly fall in love. But their different life goal start pushing them apart, just as she finally grabs the attention of a renewed music producer.
The Man Who Died by Bazooka
MOCKUMENTARY FEATURE
Written by Leandro Matos
Status: Concept
LOGLINE: When a 20th century Mr. Deeds tries to send a message to the world by being blown up by a bazooka but gets denied that right by the Government, he decides to fight back on that decision, and while doing so, he ends up becoming the first ever write-in President in the history of the U.S.
The Last Weekend
DRAMA FEATURE
Written by Leandro Matos
Status: 4-Page Synopsis
LOGLINE: Two inseparable 20-something friends have one last weekend together before one of them moves to Australia.
Amor em 7 Atos
LIMITED ROMANCE SERIES (7 episodes)
Created by Clara Deák-Leone and Leandro Matos
Status: Pitch Deck + Season Outline + Episodes breakdown
LOGLINE: Antonio and Dora meet when they are both 16, in a traditional 50’s ball. They fall in love, but Dora is moving away with her family, who’s working in the construction of Brasilia, capital of Brazil.
In 1967, they bump into each other and rekindle their love. From that moment on, every episode will focus in one moment of their lives together, one decade per episode (1973, 1985, 1996, 2004 and 2017), until they reach the end of their lives.
Boys For Rent
DRAMA SERIES
Created by Leandro Matos
Status: Concept
LOGLINE: After a one-night stand with an older woman, Mike, an app delivery man who faces every problem with incurable optimism, finds an envelope with money and a thank you card for his services. Seeing how much he can make as a male hustler and on the verge of bankruptcy, Mike throws himself into the new job, only to discover that the world of male prostitution is not very welcoming to his positive behaviour.
Lucky Us
COMEDY FEATURE
Written by Clara Deák-Leone and Leandro Matos
Status: Synopsis
LOGLINE: Jenny, Rebecca and Linus find out they are all married to the same man at the worst possible moment: after Edgar’s dead. To make matters worse, Edgar was a compulsive gambler who ruined all their savings. The only thing that’s left is the big beach house he shared with Linus. Without a place to live, Jenny, Rebecca and their respective children move into the house, helping Linus raise his and Edgar’s newly adopted daughter, while Linus find he’s becoming a father figure to the rest of the children.
O Mal do Século
LIMITED DRAMA SERIES (10 episodes)
Created by Leandro Matos
Status: Bible + research for the first 4 episodes
LOGLINE: In 1980, Roberto, a doctor from São Paulo, sees himself facing a new and aggressive epidemic that consumes his patients fast and relentlessly and that will come to be known as AIDS. During the next 4 decades, Roberto works tirelessly to fight the disease, in time turning him into one of the most important voices about the subject in the country.
Tabloid
LIMITED DRAMA SERIES (10 episodes)
Created by Leandro Matos
Status: Concept
LOGLINE: In the 40’s, two female journalists face each other in a battle for their mutual audience.
The Girl Next Door
DRAMA FEATURE
Written by Leandro Matos
Status: Synopsis
LOGLINE: After a car race ended tragically wrong, a young man moves into his relatives’ home in a different city trying to rebuilt his life. When his involvement with his new neighbour brings him hope for a fresh start, he is forced to face the consequences of his past choices.
Brand New Start
ROMANCE FEATURE
Written by Leandro Matos
Status: Synopsis
LOGLINE: After suffering from a burnout collapse, a workaholic executive from the jewelry market takes a trip to a secluded beach town to rest and finally resolve the issues with house left to her by her sister. With the help of a kite surf instructor, she finds a new reason for living when she finally decides to embrace the life of a small town while also finding a new passion that will bring her new possibilities in her career.
Viagens Possíveis
TRAVES SERIES
Created by Leandro Matos
Stage: Pitch deck + pilot script
LOGLINE: Everyone loves travelling. Seeing different places, enjoying a hot day on the beach or a chilly day by the fireplace. There are countless sights to see in the world, so many delicious food to try and not enough time to do it all. And most importantly: finding money to travel as much as we want could be a hard task.
Viagens Possíveis will show our audience that there is no impossible trip in the horizon. If you know how to plan and where to find the best deals.
The Adoption Files
DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Created by Leandro Matos
Status: Concept
LOGLINE: For parents who cannot have children, adoption is a way to fulfill their dreams. How they prepared themselves for that magical moment? How did they handle the struggles and the difficult times?
The Adoption Files will shine a light on one of the most beautiful moments people’s lives.
Fuga FDS
TRAVEL SERIES
Created by Leandro Matos
Status: Pilot + Pitch Deck
LOGLINE: We all have a picture of how going on vacation should be. Sun bathing in the Maldives. Surfing in Bali. Enjoying a romantic dinner in Paris. That all takes time, money and planning. But having the perfect vacation doesn’t have to involve hours on a place, a few layovers and jet leg. Imagine finding little pieces of heaven very close to home. Places you can’t enjoy over a weekend. Who would resist those temptations?
Fuga FDS shows the audience how to plan a perfect weekend escape – and how to make it totally worth the investment.
The World's End
DRAMA FEATURE
Written by Leandro Matos
Status: Concept
LOGLINE: After a serious environmental crisis brings the imminent end of humanity, a mother struggles to keep her family together as she witnesses her city disintegrate in the face one the inevitable end.