SKIP DAY

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.

Directors’ Bio

Ivete Lucas was born in Brazil, started her career in Mexico and now lives in the United States. Her short documentary, The Send-Off, co-directed with her partner Patrick Bresnan, premiered at Sundance in 2016 and won jury awards at SXSW, AFI Fest and the San Francisco International Film Festival. She is the producer and editor of the multiple award-winning short, The Rabbit Hunt (2017), directed by Bresnan. Skip Day, which she directed and produced, premiered at Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in May. The duo was named among Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film in 2016.

Patrick Bresnan is a visual artist and filmmaker who holds a Masters Degree in Sustainability from the University of Texas at Austin. After a formative period working for prominent Mission School artists Barry McGee (aka Twist) and Clare Rojas, he co-directed the short documentary The Send-Off (2016) with his partner Ivete Lucas. His short, The Rabbit Hunt, world-premiered at Sundance in 2017 before competing at the Berlinale, and has won over 20 awards including The Cinema Eye Honor. In 2017, he and Lucas directed the short Roadside Attraction which premiered at TIFF.

Plays in

CLOSING NITE

We close the 2019 Nitehawk Shorts Festival with eight short films that present stories on the intimacy of the nail salon, absurdist, dark comedies, and powerful coming-of-age stories about friendship.