This short film follows Pelé, a retired nurse who looks back on his time as a Mateus in the century-old Bumba Meu Boi group, Boi Tira-Teima. As he builds a new boi for the festival, he revisits the defining moments of his journey as a performer, carnival artist, and son of Mestre Gerson, the group’s former patriarch. The film explores how the way we carry our memories of the past shapes who we become in the present.
Unfortunately the movie O Carnaval é de Pelé is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Lucas Santos | Director |
| Camera | Bianca Samara | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Daniele Leite | Director |
| Production | Danilo Leite | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Ana Carolina | Sound |
| Camera | Bianca Samara | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Crew | César Caos | Cinematography |
| Writing | Lucas Santos | Writer |
| Production | Daniele Leite | Producer |
| Editing | César Caos | Editor |
