Norsk filminstitutt

Lykke til is a narrative short film about a young Hong Kong woman, who’s struggling with her future in Norway, including her relationships with her girlfriend and her mother.

Production and distribution

Production Year:
2023
Production country:
Norway
Release date (international):
2023-06-11
Production company:
1Harmoni AS
Financing company:
Norwegian Film Institute
Fond for lyd og bilde
Producer:
Liew Ceng Teng
Film consultant:
Nina M. Barbosa Blad

Director

  • Yu Shuk Pui

    Yu Shuk Pui Bobby is a visual artist based in Hong Kong and Oslo. Bobby’s practice is focused on building intimate relationships and collaborations, where physical, tangible, and affective phenomena associated with biotechnology and the future are created by video, text, installation, sculpture, and performance media. She often uses speculative fiction within the themes of human genetic engineering to refigure perceptions towards gender, body, and historical discourses of identity.   

    In recent years, Bobby has started to work on video-making with different communities to explore identity construction in various cultural contexts and collective aspects. Through realizing fictional narratives, she describes real experiences of desire and identification.   

    Bobby received a BA from Hong Kong Baptist University and MFA from Oslo National Academy of Fine Art. She has exhibited her works at Parasite, 100ft. Gallery, starprojects, 1a Space, Tomorrow Maybe Gallery, EC Gallery (Hong Kong); Kunstnernes Hus, Galleri BOA, Podium, K4 Gallery (Oslo); A Place Gallery & Studios (Florida); Youkobo Art Space Gallery (Tokyo); Swatch Art Peach Hotel (Shanghai); Listhus Gallery (Iceland).

    Yu Shuk Pui

Cast

Ann:
Shuk Pui Yu
Ann's mother:
Patra Au Ka Man
Dag:
Helene Bergsholm
Little girl in train:
Herdis Gyrre
Older mom in train:
Herdis Palsdottir
Uncle Hua's husband:
Terje Hope
Malenie:
Alvilde Charlotte Thorden Haug
Uncle Hua:
Richard Chiu Lap Yip
News reporter:
Anita Aamodt Enersen
Malenie's mother:
Leung Oi Man
TV host:
Chen Jin Bin
Nurse:
Siri Hallbing Lyngaas

Festivals

2023:
Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival

Crew

Director:
Yu Shuk Pui
Cinematographer:
Ho Yuk Fai
Editor:
Yeung King Lun
Composer:
Zeng Wei Ting
ProductionDesigner:
Saga Gloria S. Thiberg
Set Decorator:
Saga Gloria S. Thiberg
Costume Designer:
Alva Brosten
Makeup artist:
Paula Carcamo
Sound Design:
Liew Ceng Teng
Markus Thorsen
Sound engineer:
Liew Ceng Teng
Markus Thorsen
Sound Recording:
Ulrik Peter Kristoffersen Apelseth
First assistant director:
Wong Ka Ki
Script:
Sondre Himmelrik Barstad
Still photographer:
Dev Dhunsi

Technical information

Genre:
Drama
Format:
DCP 4k
Screen ratio:
1:2,39
Colour:
Colour
Sound format:
Stereo
Length in min's:
25'
Language:
Norwegian
English
Subtitles:
English
Mandarin

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