Francisco Lacerda

Descripción del Artista

Francisco Lacerda is a Portuguese American writer/director raised in S. Miguel, Azores, Portugal and is currently based in Helsinki, Finland. He is one of the creators of the midnight screening sensation short films Dentes e Garras! and Dentes e Garras 2 which were both nominated for a Méliès Award on MOTELX and were consequentlry acquired by Troma Entertainment for distribution. In 2017, Francisco co-wrote and co-directed with Francisco Lopes the short film Freelancer, which proved to be a success with audiences worldwide and won Best Short Film at the 2018 Horrorvision Film Festival. In the twelfth edition of Motelx Film Festival the term Azoresploitation was coined to describe Francisco’s works as a unique sub-genre of Portuguese exploitation/ splatter cinema made only in the Azores Islands and by local artists. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Sound and Image from the arts university ESAD in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. He is a humongous fan of splatter films and 80’s Italian gore films. Karaoke Night is his latest short film and has just begun its film festival circuit run, having had its world premiere at the Frightening Ass Film Festival, and recently had its North American Premiere at the prestigious 2020 Slamdance film festival.

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