God Luck Hope
GodLuckHope Island is a luxury urban development in Canary Wharf, London. It typifies newly gentrified urban spaces where lifestyle is the commodity; Arts Clubs, Yoga, Fusion Foods. This film exposes a less glamorous underbelly. Historically, the site of the former colonialzing East India Company, it housed stolen goods, a toxic chemicals industry and one of the poorest slums in 1930s Britain.
THE LIGHTHOUSE INITIATIVE INC will publish this film on Amazon Prime Video.
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Francesco Bo CoppolaDirectorZen for Likes
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Francesco Bo CoppolaWriterZen for Likes
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Francesco Bo CoppolaProducerZen for Likes
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Dween BilbasSound Artist
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Thierry PhungColourist
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Project Type:Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Short, Student
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Runtime:2 minutes 36 seconds
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Completion Date:June 16, 2022
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Production Budget:100 GBP
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Country of Origin:Italy
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Country of Filming:United Kingdom
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Animation
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:Yes - Royal College of Art
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United Kingdom
Francesco Coppola is a Chinese-Italian experimental filmmaker and researcher based in London. He produces site-specific films and installations that serve as critical reflections on our public
spaces. Francesco has made commissioned films for the BBC,
screened at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 2019,
and worked as a freelance animator for multiple historical institutions, including an AR exhibition on the Belle Époque at the Smithsonian Institution. His films have screened at multiple festivals, winning shortlist awards for the Zealous Amplify: Mental Health competition and the 2022 OPPO Renovators Emerging Artist competition.