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Good Luck To You All
20258 min 15 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Cordell Barker
Production: David Christensen (National Film Board of Canada)Jon Montes (National Film Board of Canada)Alicia Smith (National Film Board of Canada)Chanda Chevannes (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Cordell Barker
A production of the National Film Board of Canada.
A little girl plays with her toys, blissfully unaware that she may hold the future of humanity in her hands. Meanwhile, fragmented voices of scientists and thinkers drift through the film like wandering thoughts—sometimes insightful, sometimes absurd. Shifting between the child’s innocent perspective and the chaotic uncertainties of artificial intelligence, Good Luck to You All is a whimsical yet cautionary tale about humanity’s latest shiny new toy.
Beneath a playful surface of lively, hand-drawn animation and unpretentious philosophical debate, the film explores the ethical dilemmas of handing power to machines and the impact on human connection. As the girl unknowingly mirrors humanity’s own relationship with AI, Good Luck to You All captures the mix of amusement, anxiety and uncertainty we all feel toward this rapidly evolving force.
Directed by two-time Oscar® nominee—and certified 100-percent human—Cordell Barker (The Cat Came Back, Strange Invaders), Good Luck to You All suggests that, like the child, we are all innocent players facing an unpredictable AI-driven future.
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Subject categories
- Media and Communication > Computer Technology
- Technology > Computer Technology, Internet and Electronics
- Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > Human Condition
Credits
- writer
- Cordell Barker
- director
- Cordell Barker
- animator
- Cordell Barker
- featuring
- Daisy Wolch
- Christof Koch
- Susan Schneider
- Mark Stroski
- Ani Seth
- Lorenza D'Angelo
- Meredith Whittaker
- Queen Elizabeth II
- original music
- Luigi Allemano
- producer
- David Christensen
- Jon Montes
- Alicia Smith
- executive producer
- David Christensen
- Chanda Chevannes
- compositing
- Zeph Rissin
- dialogue editor
- Cordell Barker
- sound designer
- Luigi Allemano
- foley artist
- Andy Malcolm
- Footsteps Post-Production Sound
- foley mix
- Luigi Allemano
- foley editing
- Luigi Allemano
- music mix
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- additional voice recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- music mixing assistant
- Bernard Belley
- re-recording mixer
- Jean Paul Vialard
- online editing
- Yannick Carrier
- technical coordinator
- Lyne Lapointe
- Luc Binette
- technical advisor
- Éloi Champagne
- researcher
- Cordell Barker
- Donna Gall
- transcription services
- Trans & Sub Coop
- transcriber
- Lori Heath
- Patricia Garry
- credits design
- Cordell Barker
- line producer
- Mark Wilson
- production supervisor
- April Dunsmore
- studio operations manager
- Devon Supeene
- Darin Clausen
- studio administrator
- Bree Beach
- Devon Supeene
- Victoria Angell
- senior production coordinator
- April Dunsmore
- Janet Kwan
- production coordinator
- Jessica Smith
- Calvin Serutoke
- senior marketing advisor
- Judith Lessard-Bérubé
- marketing project manager
- Marion Duhaime-Morissette
- marketing coordinator
- Émilie Ryan
- publicist
- Nadine Viau
- legal counsel
- Peter Kallianiotis