Lucas Estevan Soares

Lucas Estevan Soares (born 24 July 1990) is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter, producer, actor and musician.

He is active in the area of independent cinema, both in Brazil and abroad, and is known for the films Independent Roads (2012) and Neon Heart (2023).

Early life Lucas Estevan Soares was born in Curitiba in 1990, and spent his childhood and adolescence in Boqueirão, one of the largest neighborhoods of the capital of Paraná. In 2007 he began his acting career, joined the theater company Teatratividade and acted in several theater shows in Brazil. and international festivals such as the Arouca Film Festival 2012 in Portugal and Très Court International Film Festival 2013 in Panama and Romania.

Independent Roads

In 2011, Soares immigrated to the United States. In Los Angeles he filmed Passports and Dreams, with actors of 10 nationalities and spoken in 5 languages, in which the director and screenwriter also participated as an actor. He received a job offer to work in the Philippines, he accepted and moved to Asia. In Oceania (Melbourne), he filmed Allegories of Us, in which he is the main lead actor. the 10th Oberá en Cortos Film Festival, in Argentina, and the 12th Mostra do Filme Livre (MFL 2013), in Brazil. He began producing commercial videos and collaborating with local musicians.

He married Rhaissa Gonçalves in 2014, who became his partner in IHC and also shares with Soares the function of film producer.

Two years later IHC launched the short film Special Delivery, which earned Soares the award for "Best Short Film Actor"

In 2017 they installed in Miami the second HQ of IHC and released two short films directed by Soares in 2011: Twisted Lines, filmed in New York City, and Portraits in the Water, shot in Singapore.

The film, funded with resources from IHC (without support from public and tax incentive programs) in guerrilla filmmaking style, was recorded in late 2019, with post-production taking place the following year, already during the COVID-19 pandemic. toured the national and international circuit of film festivals, being well received by general critics (including being called in Cannes "great example of the new Brazilian popular cinema") and awarded in Houston, Moscow and Brazil.

Filmography

Awards and nominations