Biography

Using precise and illustrative cinematic images, Ivete Lucas makes verité stories that counter the mythic concepts of America. Lucas is a Brazilian-Mexican-American filmmaker who lives and works in the American South. Her films have premiered at Cannes, Berlin, Locarno, Toronto and Sundance. Her work has earned over thirty film festival awards, including the Short Film Award at the Cannes Director's Fortnight for Skip Day (2018), the Pardino d'Oro at Locarno for The Passing (2023) and a Cinema Eye Award for The Rabbit Hunt (2017). Her collection of short films has received distribution from ARTE, The New Yorker, The Atlantic and The Guardian. Her first feature film Pahokee (2019) about a small town in the Florida Everglades premiered at Sundance and played over fifty festivals world wide. It was distributed theatrically in France and the US and broadcast on PBS. Naked Gardens (2022), her second film about a Florida naturist resort, premiered at Tribeca and IDFA, and is available for streaming on Apple TV.

- IMDb mini biography by: Otis Lucas