International Competition

The Rabbit Hunt

Patrick Bresnan
Screening time  
26.02. / Monday, 12:00 - 14:00 Theatre 4  
01.03. / Thursday, 20:00 - 22:00 Theatre 3  
02.03. / Friday, 16:00 - 18:00 Theatre 4  
In migrant farm workers' communities surrounding Lake Okeechobee, hunting and preparing rabbits is a tradition since the early 1900s.

In the Florida Everglades rabbit hunting is considered a rite of passage for young men. The Rabbit Hunt follows seventeen-year-old Chris and his family as they hunt in the fields of the largest industrial sugar farms in the US. The film records a tradition by which migrant farm workers in the communities surrounding Lake Okeechobee have been hunting and preparing rabbits since the early 1900s.

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Patrick Bresnan

Patrick Bresnan is a visual artist and filmmaker, holds a masters degree in sustainability from the University of Texas and has worked for two notable artists of the Mission School movement, Clara Rojas and Barry McGee. His short documentary The Send-Off (2016, co-director Ivete Lucas) premiered at Sundance and won several awards. He is currently co-directing a feature film Senior Year with his partner, screenwriter and editor Ivete Lucas. In 2016, Filmmaker Magazine named both of them among the 25 New Faces of Independent Film.

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The Rabbit Hunt

USA
2017, 12'

Directed by:
Patrick Bresnan

Screenplay by:
Ivete Lucas

Cinematography:
Patrick Bresnan

Edited by:
Ivete Lucas

Music:
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Producers:
Patrick Bresnan, Ivete Lucas

Produced by:
Patrick Bresnan, Ivete Lucas

Festivals & Awards:

Texas Shorts Jury Award Sheffield Doc/Fest 2017 – Best Short Documentary; BFI London Film Festival 2017 – Best Short Film; San Francisco International Film Festival 2017 – Best Short Documentary; Florida Film Festival 2017 – Best Short Documentary; Vienna Shorts 2017 – najbolji film, najbolji dokumentarni film; Sundance Film Festival 2017; Berlin International Film Festival 2017; International Film Festival Message to Man 2017; Uppsala International Short Film Festival 2017; Valencia International Film Festival Cinema Jove 2017