Synopsis:
Lucky is looking for happiness. This animated short is questioning our search for it as well as its aim: What does luck mean for an individual? Is failure the only possibility
- Director:
- Kirsten Carina Geisser, Ines Christine Geisser
- Year:
- 2015
- Country:
- Germany
- Running time:
- 11 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Production type:
- Student
- Script writers:
- Kirsten Carina Geisser, Ines Christine Geisser
- Music composer:
- Fuchs & Beckett
- Sound designers:
- Michael Jason Parker Beckett, Jan Kristian Fuchs
- Editor:
- Ines Christine Geisser
- Production:
- kiin.animation
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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