LUCA

Synopsis

Billions of years ago, an alien lifeform was born at the bottom of the oceans – they called it the Last Universal Common Ancestor. Billions of years later, its descendants come and go under a watchful sky.

Director Biography

Frédéric Tcheng is a French-born filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York. His films have premiered in Venice, Toronto, Sundance, Telluride, CPH:Dox and Tribeca. His most recent film INVISIBLE BEAUTY, co-directed with trailblazer activist Bethann Hardison, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and was released by Magnolia Pictures. In 2019, Frédéric directed the documentary HALSTON, a CNN Films production and Amazon Original.