Ara Ball

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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]

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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]

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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.