Ara Ball

Ara Ball (born July 30, 1982) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec. ^[1] He is most noted as a two-time Prix Jutra/Prix Iris nominee for Best Live Action Short Film, receiving nominations at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014 for Hurricane Boy Fuck You Tabarnak! (L'Ouragan Fuck You Tabarnak!), ^[2] and at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2016 for The Pedophile (Le Pédophile). ^[3]

His debut feature film, When Love Digs a Hole (Quand l'amour se creuse un trou), was released in 2018. ^[4] A feature film expansion of Hurricane Boy Fuck You Tabarnak! was announced in 2022, ^[5] and premiered at the 2023 Festival du nouveau cinéma. ^[6]

Filmography

• Bros - 2009, short film
• Hurricane Boy Fuck You Tabarnak! (L'Ouragan Fuck You Tabarnak!) - 2013, short film
• The Pedophile (Le Pédophile) - 2015, short film
• Life in the Alley (Vie d'ruelles) - 2016, short film
• When Love Digs a Hole (Quand l'amour se creuse un trou) - 2018, feature film
• Hurricane Boy Fuck You Tabarnak! (L'Ouragan Fuck You Tabarnak!) - 2023, feature film

References

1. François Lévesque, "Ara Ball et la révolte amoureuse". Le Devoir , June 7, 2018.
2. Manon Dumais, "Jutra 2014: Le triomphe de Louis Cyr". Voir , March 23, 2014.
3. Maxime Demers, "La passion d’Augustine triomphe". Le Journal de Montréal , March 20, 2016.
4. Chantal Guy, "Quand l'amour se creuse un trou: j'aime ta grand-mère". La Presse , June 15, 2018.
5. Victoria Ahearn, "Bunbury Films rolling on fiction feature L’Ouragan F.Y.T.". Playback , October 25, 2022.
6. Charles-Henri Ramond, "FNC 2023: la sélection québécoise". Films du Québec, September 20, 2023.

External links

• Ara Ball at IMDb