LUCKY STAR cast Olivia Cheng, Terry Chen, Conni Miu and writer/director Gillian McKercher to attend the U.S. Premiere at 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival 

Game Theory Films’ upcoming drama LUCKY STAR, which is  written and directed by Calgary filmmaker Gillian McKercher and features an all star Asian Canadian cast including Terry Chen (Almost Famous, Sight), Olivia Cheng (Warrior, Marco Polo), Conni Miu (Priscilla) and Andrew Phung (Kim’s Convenience) is set to attend the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival U.S. Premiere on Mon 2/10 – 2:20 PM at the Film Center, Auditorium 2.  Another screening is set on Tuesday 2/11 – 8:20 PM also at the Film Center, Auditorium 2.

Deep in debt, with a house and a university-bound kid, plus a marriage on the rocks, reformed gambler Lucky (Terry Chen) sees his luck run out after getting scammed in a tax-fraud scheme. Ashamed and desperate to keep it from his family, he returns to underground backroom gambling dens, playing for big payouts to relieve the debt and win back his family’s favour. Meanwhile, each family member, unaware of Lucky’s troubles but feeling the money crunch, too, resorts to unsavoury means to dig out of their hole.

The film had its world premiere at CIFF 2024 where it took home an Audience Choice Award and will be released in North American theatres starting early 2025. 

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