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]

  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.