Maybe some people are just born unlucky? This documentary film weaves together a diverse collection of different voices from London’s Jewish community to explore the concept of “luck” or “mazel”. From lucky charms and curses to global economics and quantum physics, this humorous and philosophical piece of visual poetry navigates the boundaries between religion and superstition to ask how the invisible hand of mazel has touched us all. Commissioned by The Jewish Film Festival & supported by the Pears Foundation Co-produced with Pilgrim Films in 2009 Director: Christopher Thomas Allen Producer: Andrew Hinton Music: Malcolm Litson Festival screenings: London Jewish Film Festival, Tricycle Cinema, London, 2009 London Short Film Festival, Roxy, London, UK, 2010 By Design, Northwest film forum, Seattle USA, 2010 SXSW – South by Southwest, film festival, Austin, Texas, USA, 2010 Vimeo Awards Nominee 2010 SFJFF – San Fransisco Jewish Film Festival 2010 more info: lightsurgeons.com pilgrimfilms.com Cast: THE LIGHT SURGEONS , Field Studies , Tim Cowie , Helen Omand , Pilgrim Films and Christopher Allen Tags: Light Surgeons , Schlimazeltov! , JFF , Mazel , Luck , Andrew Hinton , Pligrim Films , Christopher Thomas Allen , Jewish and Chance

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