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Lucas

This story follows an 18-year-old named Lucas who grew up in the outskirts of an abandoned Soviet-era village in the country of Georgia.

Motivated and determined, he strives to take control of his destiny by leaving the desolate countryside and moving to the vibrant capital city Tbilisi.

  • Ryan Koopmans
    Director
  • Alice Wexell
    Director
  • SIREN Forever
    Producer
  • Documentary
    Writer
  • Lucas Kutateladze
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 50 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 11, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    4,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Sweden
  • Country of Filming:
    Georgia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Canon C300 Mark 2
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Adventures in Motion at the Downtown Camper
    Stockholm
    Sweden
    December 1, 2019
    European Premiere
  • Document Journal
    New York City
    United States
    December 11, 2019
    International Online Premiere
Director Biography - Ryan Koopmans, Alice Wexell

Ryan Koopmans (BA, MFA) is a Dutch Canadian photographer interested in the built environment and the societies that are shaped by those environments.

Born in Amsterdam (1986) he was raised on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada, completed his undergraduate education at UBC in Vancouver, and in 2012 received a Masters of Fine Art in Photography, Video & Related Media at The School of Visual Arts in New York City.

His undergraduate degree in the interdisciplinary practices of geography, art history, and psychology formed the basis for his interest in architecture and the communities living in that architecture.

Koopmans is primarily drawn to photographing surreal structures in our world’s megacities and urban landscapes. Formal qualities in their geometry, repetition, and saturation help him illustrate what he terms ‘the poetry of form in interesting locations.’

In essence, his work documents the points of intersection where the natural and manmade converge. He credits his upbringing on Canada’s rugged West Coast, where distances and vistas are vast, as to why he often photographs from a removed perspective, embracing a large sense of scale.

Currently based in Stockholm, Sweden, the majority of the year Koopmans travels around the world for both personal and assigned photography & video projects.

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Alice Wexell is a Swedish photographer and video director based in Stockholm, Sweden, working around the world on art photography as well as assignments for brands including H&M, Mercedes-Benz, GQ Magazine and others.

​She is the co-founder of creative production group Siren Forever.

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