Ivete Lucas

Ivete Lucas was born in Brazil, grew up in Mexico and works as a artist and film directer in the United States and Mexico. She started her film career with a grant from the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) to direct her first short film ASMA, which was shortlisted for an Ariel (the Mexican Academy Award), before moving to the United States to obtain an MFA in Film Production at the University of Texas at Austin. Her short films have premiered and won awards at Cannes, Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, and London International Film Festival, as well as a Cinema Eye Honor. Pahokee, her first feature film, premiered in the Documentary Competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. She is in post production on her second feature film set at a remote Florida nudist resort.