coming of age, youth, paranoia, self-discovery
After a laser pointer prank goes horribly wrong, a socially anxious teenager spends one chaotic night roaming São Paulo to save his crush’s critically injured cat, as guilt and paranoia push him toward a breaking point.
Lucas Acher is a Brazilian filmmaker based in São Paulo and recent graduate of NYU Tisch’s Graduate Film Program, where he was awarded the Martin Scorsese Young Filmmakers Scholarship. Lucas’s LASER-GATO, was an official selection and premiered at Cannes Film Festival in La Cinef. The film won the prize for La Cinef Best Short Film. Lucas also received the Spike Lee Production Grant for this film. His second-year film, ONDE OS INSECTOS SE ESCONDEM À NOITE, won Best Student International Short at the Palm Springs ShortFest. Lucas is also a Marcie Bloom Fellow and he holds a Bachelor’s degree from FAAP in São Paulo, where he founded Balcão Filmes.
