Lucas Donnat
Production
Biography
Lucas Donnat is a French producer, director, and composer based between France and the United Kingdom. As a young and ambitious creative, he focuses on developing and supporting meaningful and impactful cinematic projects across both countries. Founder of a non-profit organization dedicated to the creation, production, and distribution of short films in France, he actively works to empower emerging filmmakers and bring their visions to life. Experienced in the fields of film production, direction and sound, he combines artistic sensitivity with a strong sense of organization and collaboration. Driven by passion and purpose, Lucas approaches every project with energy and commitment, seeking to produce works that resonate emotionally and contribute to a new generation of films.
Known For
Through the opposition of two temporalities, Succession questions the parallel yet divergent evolution of humans and plants. The film explores the confrontation between two living beings, one gradually taking over the other.
Succession
In a world with a heart of stone, sensitivity has no place. Yet self-understanding is a key that can transform our lives. This is the story of Thaïs as she learns to truly know herself, the story of anyone who has ever felt out of step, the story of all those stars that shine in the dark.
Shining in the dark
In the Global Emergency Operation Centre, the two co-heads of World Occurences need to gather in order to solve a global outbreak. As the situation spirals out of control, their ideologies and beliefs take over the actual issue, revealing their incompetence and carelessness for the world.
Orange Monday
A visually impaired painter lets nature take shape on his canvas.
A look at the artwork
"My muse" is a short film exploring everyday love through the lens of amateur dance. The film follows the love story of Terry and Julie an Everyman couple who fall into the trap of a modern love complete with the joyful innocence of love found and the cruel and cohesive nature of love lost.
My Muse
Lost Mind is an experimental short film, written and directed by Lucas Donnat, that explores the perception of time and memory through the staging of a man's death. The film questions the boundary between reality and imagination. Here, time is no longer linear: the past becomes the memory of a future, and the future becomes the altered continuation of a past already rewritten. Currently in production.