Ara Ball (born July 30, 1982) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from
Quebec
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. He is most noted as a two-time
Prix Jutra/
Prix Iris
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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!)'', and at the
18th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2016 for ''
The Pedophile (Le Pédophile)''.
His debut feature film, ''
When Love Digs a Hole (Quand l'amour se creuse un trou)'', was released in 2018. A feature film expansion of ''Hurricane Boy Fuck You Tabarnak!'' was announced in 2022, and premiered at the
2023 Festival du nouveau cinéma.
[Charles-Henri Ramond]
"FNC 2023: la sélection québécoise"
''Films du Québec'', September 20, 2023.
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
External links
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21st-century Canadian screenwriters
Canadian screenwriters in French
Film directors from Montreal
Screenwriters from Quebec
Living people
Canadian male screenwriters
1982 births
Writers from Montreal
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