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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2006 - 14.22 July

Sections & Films

LUCKY

Category: Edition 2006

Synopsis

Lucky is an Aids orphan desperate to leave his rural Zulu village for the bright lights of Durban. He is full of excitement and hope until he moves in with his uncle. And so Lucky has to learn about life the hard way, not through school or education, but through an unlikely bond with a racist Indian neighbour.

Original Title LUCKY
Category Official Competition
Section Free to Fly
Tipology Short Film
Duration 20'
Production Year 2005
Nationality South Africa, United Kingdom
Directed by Avie Luthra
Screenplay Avie Luthra
Script Avie Luthra, Tanya Welz
Director of photography John Pardue
Editor Liz Roe
Production Design Chantal Carter
Costume Design Carla Carter
Sound Iain Grant
Music Bradley Miles
Main cast Joy Mwandla (Lucky)
Thami Selby Sikhosana (lo zio/uncle)
Muthal Naidoo (Padma)
Mbali Ndebele (Lindiwe)
Nellie Rushualang (la madre/mother)
Produced by Bex Hopkins, Avie Luthra, Junaid Ahmed
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lucky regAvie Luthra

Avie Luthra directed a number of award winning short films over the last ten years. He also works as a writer and won Channel 4’s Northern Soul Award in 2000 and BBC’s Dennis Potter Award in 2001. His writing credits include an episode for the BBC series THE CANTERBURY TALES (2003) and a BBC film, INDIAN DREAM (2003). In 2004 Avie was listed as a “Star of Tomorrow” by Screen International magazine and has recently directed films for Granada and the BBC, he has also just completed a feature film screenplay based on his Radio 4 play, A- (2004).

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