Yanuni

The documentary by Richard Ladkani, produced by Juma Xipaia and Leonardo DiCaprio, was shortlisted for the 2026 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It closed the Tribeca Festival 2025 and has won more than twenty awards worldwide, including the International Green Film Award from Cinema for Peace at the Berlinale.

Indigenous chief Juma Xipaia fights to protect tribal lands in the Brazilian Amazon from illegal gold mining, despite assassination attempts. Her struggle intensifies after learning she’s pregnant, while her husband, Special Forces ranger Hugo Loss, stands by her side.

We designed the main title, defined the typography for the film and created news animations and character inserts, along with retouching. It was another collaboration with Richard Ladkani, after The Ivory Game and Sea of Shadows.

Below is an alternative title animation we developed during the design process. It didn’t make it into the final film, but we liked it too much not to share it.
It’s followed by a selection of typography stills from the film.