Lucas Paleocrassas
Directing
Biography
Lucas Paleocrassas is a Greek filmmaker and video artist based in Athens, Greece. He holds a BA in Communications (Film & TV, Journalism) from the American College of Greece and the Open University UK. He is a recipient of Libra Group’s scholarship program that earned him post-graduate work in Los Angeles. Since 2011 he has been making documentaries on relevant social issues. His 2018 feature debut “Citizen Xenos” was nominated for the International Amnesty award in the 20 th Thessaloniki Documentary festival and made its American premiere in the New York City Greek Film Festival. His work has been screened on national television and presented in various educational institutions around the world such as the Sapienza University of Rome and the NYU in New York. In 2019 he participated in the exhibition “Mitli Mitlak” (Like You Like Me) in Detroit, Michigan with a collection of video-portraits of Syrian refugees. CONTACT \ lucas_oldwine@live.com
Known For
George, a shy teenager with misaligned eyes, struggles to connect with others after his parents’ divorce. Finding refuge in the world of insects, he bonds with a cricket named Isabella.
Bugboy
The Ladies’ Union of Drama – House of Open Hospitality implements the educational project “Mobile School Travels.” Through a wheeled, mobile facility, it tries to reach Roma children who live and work on the streets in the prefectures of Drama, Kavala, and Xanthi in Northern Greece, aiming at fighting dropout and illiteracy. The Roma children who access it learn to write, read, and draw, among numerous activities.
Mobile School Travels
An intimate look into the lives of individuals experiencing displacement and relocation amidst the European migration crisis. A journey of strangers arriving at the shores of Lesbos in Greece, the people who receive them and the struggles they face towards an unknown future.
Citizen Xenos
Sophia, Lhord, Alexandros and Nikos have a hard time finding their place in a school that ignores their needs. They have to cope with the pressure of the Panhellenic exams when their lives are put on hold because of a student occupation that imposes a school lockdown…