Luca Meisters

Birth : , Maastricht, Netherlands

History

Luca Meisters (1996, Maastricht) graduated as a director from the Maastricht Institute of Performative Arts in 2019. Her graduation film WHEN BIRDS FLY LOW (original title: 'ELF') had its international premiere at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2020 and got selected for Palm Springs Short Fest and Cinekid. Her 2021 short film NOVA had its premiere at BUFF Malmö and got nominated for Best Short Film. Her latest short film MAGMA produced by IJswater Films and written by Nena van Driel had its world premiere at Berlinale Generation 2023. Besides her work as a director she also works as a director's assistant and children casting director/children coach on set. IMDB mini bio by yusufpiskin

Movies

Kiddo
Kiddo
Casting
Lying on the bunk bed in the children’s home, eleven-year-old Lu talks dreamy-eyed about her mother. Karina, she says, is a famous Hollywood actor who smells of oranges, talks to the stars and does her own stunts. One more sleep, then she finally comes to visit. But instead of an orderly meeting in the Dutch hometown, Lu unexpectedly finds herself in a rusty old Chevrolet – with cowboy boots and wigs in tow. The destination: Poland, where Lu’s grandmother is said to have hidden a lot of money. With this, mother and daughter aka Bonnie and Clyde plan on finally staying together forever. On their Hollywood-like road trip towards the east, always a car length ahead of reality, they attempt to get closer to their dream.
Magma
Magma
Director
Overwhelmed by her father’s sudden disability, Esra becomes entangled in a web of lies. Only once the emotions smouldering inside the nine-year-old finally rush to the surface, can she begin coming to terms with her new reality.
Nova
Nova
Writer
When Nova (15) brings her little sister to soccer practice, she exchanges a glance with the new coach, which results in a feeling she can’t seem to put a finger on.
Nova
Nova
Director
When Nova (15) brings her little sister to soccer practice, she exchanges a glance with the new coach, which results in a feeling she can’t seem to put a finger on.
Elf
Elf
Writer
Since her father’s disappearance, the eleven-year-old Elf takes care of her younger brother Jonas. Meanwhile, their mother increasingly retires to her room upstairs. While time passes, in this short slightly magical-realist drama, Elf crawls further into her own world, where she, gazing across the water, keeps longing for her father.
Elf
Elf
Director
Since her father’s disappearance, the eleven-year-old Elf takes care of her younger brother Jonas. Meanwhile, their mother increasingly retires to her room upstairs. While time passes, in this short slightly magical-realist drama, Elf crawls further into her own world, where she, gazing across the water, keeps longing for her father.