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