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The short films of
IVETE LUCAS & PATRICK BRESNAN

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ROADSIDE ATTRACTION

Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan
2018 (9 1/2 min)

After a very famous airplane arrives at Palm Beach International Airport, an otherwise ordinary stretch of Florida highway attracts an avid cluster of excited onlookers and selfie-takers. In the ensuing spectacle, these curious Americans reveal the qualities they may share with the plane’s huuuge-ly notable passenger.

THE RABBIT HUNT

Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan
2017 (12 min)

In the Florida Everglades rabbit hunting is considered a rite of passage for young men. THE RABBIT HUNT follows seventeen year old Chris and his family as they hunt in the fields of the largest industrial sugar farms in the U.S. The film records a tradition by which migrant farm workers in the communities surrounding Lake Okeechobee have been hunting and preparing rabbits since the early 1900s.

THE SEND OFF

Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan
2016 (12 1/2 min)

Emboldened by a giant block party on the evening of their high school prom, a group of students enter the night with the hope of transcending their rural town and the industrial landscape that surrounds them.

*Screened at The Future of Film is Female: Part 1 at MoMA (July 2018)

SKIP DAY

Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan
2018 (17 min)

Intimate glimpses of one very special day in the lives of high-school seniors from an industrial corner of the Florida Everglades: prom’s over, the future is uncertain, and the irresistible pull of the beach makes the long-time friends drive 60 miles to chill, pose and revel in the waves.


ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

IVETE LUCAS | DIRECTOR / PRODUCER / EDITOR
Ivete is a director, producer, and editor living and working in the American South. She was born in Brazil and grew up in Mexico. For the past 10 years, she has been co-directing documentaries with her partner Patrick Bresnan. Their short films have premiered at Sundance, Berlin, Toronto and Cannes. Her short film Skip Day won the Short Film Prize at The Directors Fortnight at Cannes and was distributed by the Guardian. Pahokee, her feature-length debut, premiered in the documentary competition at Sundance and has played over 50 festivals worldwide. Both Ivete and Patrick were named among Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film in 2016.

PATRICK BRESNAN | DIRECTOR / PRODUCER / CINEMATOGRAPHER
Patrick shot and directed The Rabbit Hunt which won over 20 festival prizes was nominated for the IDA Award and won the Cinema Eye Honor for short lm. His collection of short films have received distribution from ARTE, The Atlantic, Topic and The Guardian. He co-directed, produced and photographed the 2019 feature Pahokee. He was a cinematographer on Boys State, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

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