Lucky Star (2024 film)

Lucky Star
Directed byGillian McKercher
Written byGillian McKercher
Produced byGuillaume Carlier
Matt Drake
Amanda Verhagen
Nicola Waugh
StarringTerry Chen
Olivia Cheng
CinematographyCharles Hamilton
Edited byXi Feng
Music byMeredith Bates
Rebecca Bruton
Production
companies
Kino Sum Films
Notable Content
Distributed byGame Theory Films
Release date
  • September 28, 2024 (2024-09-28) (CIFF)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Lucky Star is a Canadian drama film, written and directed by Gillian McKercher and released in 2024.[1] The film stars Terry Chen as Lucky, a Chinese Canadian dad raising his family in suburban Calgary, Alberta, who gets drawn into gambling as he attempts to recover money he lost after being scammed.[2]

The cast also includes Olivia Cheng, Conni Miu, Austyn Van de Kamp, John Dylan Louie, Andrew Phung, CJ Collard, Summer Ly, Isra Abdelrahim, Mary Armstrong, Carlo Cuizon, Dustin Nelson and Sharon Umeh.