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Probability

English

Directed by Arun Lakra

Canada / 2016 / Drama / 15 mins / English / Colour / Vancouver Premiere

Plays In:
Program 9: Canadian Shorts: Life In Multiculture

Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas
November 6, 2016 2:00 pm

Description

For 20 straight years, Time Magazine’s “Luckiest Man Alive” has bet “double or nothing” on the Super Bowl coin toss. And won every time. Today, he is about to risk $850,000,000…until he randomly selects a young woman from his audience, who claims to have figured out his mathematical secret.

BCSA: VAFF Best Canadian Short Award 2016 nominee

Previous Screening / Awards:

Orlando Film Festival 2016, Boston Film Festival 2016, Montreal World Film Festival 2016


Director's Bio

Probability is Arun’s first narrative short film. His feature film script, Voices, was a winner of the Praxis Screenplay Competition and his animated music video, Must Sell Screenplay!, enjoyed an award-winning festival run. Arun is also a playwright. His award-winning stage play, Sequence, will have its Toronto Premiere this season at the Tarragon Theatre. Arun lives in Calgary with his wife and two kids, and divides his work week between his creative endeavors and his ophthalmology practice. www.arunlakra.com @arunlakraOU


Credits

Director / Writer / Produce: Arun Lakra


Plays in

  1. Nov 6: Program 9 – Canadian Shorts: Life In Multiculture Program

    November 6 / 90 mins
    Our LIFE IN MULTICULTURE Canadian Shorts program celebrates the myriad cultural, sexual and individual identities of Canadian Asian and hapa diaspora.

    In This Program: A Dwarf’s Hideout, Fearless, Final Wishes, Probability, Seldom Looked Upon, Under Fire: Inside a Chinese Roasted Meats Shop in Vancouver, Untitled Manga Adaptation, Swim Low, Medic


Dates & Times

Plays In:
Program 9: Canadian Shorts: Life In Multiculture

Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas
November 6, 2016 2:00 pm