Ari

Near Sight (2013)

Actors: Mario Ashkar (producer), Mario Ashkar (writer), Mario Ashkar (director), Mario Ashkar (actor), Torrey Tremayne (actor), Connor Hestdalen (actor), Kaitlyn Roush (actor),

Plot: Written October 2011 and filmed May 2013 in Columbus, OH with both film and digital video. The first person, hands free, water proof filming is an idea I've been tinking with since grade school and I'm thankful for the technology to finally be able to implement it. 'Thomas Jay can't see without his glasses.'

Genres: Animation, Biography, Documentary, Music, Romance, Short,

The Hot Potato (2011)

Actors: Elton Farla (miscellaneous crew), Garry Marriott (miscellaneous crew), Gilles Waterkeyn (producer), Adrian Politowski (producer), Liam Dunne (miscellaneous crew), Pierre Philippe Hendrickx (miscellaneous crew), Derren Nesbitt (actor), Nadia Khamlichi (producer), Jeremy Burdek (producer), Ray Winstone (actor), John Lynch (actor), Philip Davis (actor), Colm Meaney (actor), Iwona Sellers (miscellaneous crew), Martin Metz (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: London's East End 1969. Based on real events. Two chancers 'find' a lump of Uranium and crisscross Europe to find a buyer. Accompanied by Danny's girl,the lovely Carole. They encounter a diverse cast of bizarre characters, all trying to steal the 'Hot Potato', but a deal agreed inside the Vatican has the co-conspirators confounding each other. The story twists and turns to an exciting and unexpected finale.

Keywords: 1960s, black-comedy, caper, dark-humor, gangster
Genres: Drama,

Eldfjall (2011)

Actors: Henrik Zein (miscellaneous crew), Thomas Gammeltoft (producer), Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson (actor), Thor Sigurjonsson (producer), Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir (actress), Þorsteinn Bachmann (actor), Skuli Fr. Malmquist (producer), Benedikt Erlingsson (actor), Hlín Jóhannesdóttir (producer), Theodór Júlíusson (actor), Jóhann Sigurðarson (actor), Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson (miscellaneous crew), Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson (miscellaneous crew), Jacob Secher Schulsinger (editor), Elma Lísa Gunnarsdóttir (actress),

Genres: Drama,

Pisau cukur (2009)

Actors: Afdlin Shauki (actor), Rahim Razali (actor), Maya Karin (actress), Umie Aida (actress), Aaron Aziz (actor), Khatijah Tan (actress), Lina Tan (producer), Lina Tan (producer), Eizlan Yusof (actor), Liyana Jasmay (actress), Bernard Chauly (director), Ahmad Puad Onah (producer), Nur Fazura (actress), Rafidah Abdullah (writer), Nabil Raja Lawak (actor),

Plot: What happens when prey and predator are both trapped on a luxury cruise ship? Two gold digging girls, Bella and Intan, come face to face with three Datuks, three Datuk's wives, two Datuk's children, one private detective and one diehard fan of Bella's. Who are the predators and who are the prey? On a voyage that's full of surprises, anything can happen!

Genres: Comedy,

Helicopter (2001)

Actors: Garry Goodrow (actor), Ari Gold (producer), Ari Gold (actor), Ari Gold (director), Ari Gold (writer), Jacob Craycroft (editor), Markus Janner (miscellaneous crew), Markus Janner (miscellaneous crew), Steve Rassin (actor), Trevor Ristow (producer), Kevin Abrams (actor), Fabienne Bouville (miscellaneous crew), Sarah Bassine (producer), Ethan Gold (composer), Carol Dysinger (actress),

Genres: Animation, Drama, Short,

They Shoot Movies, Don't They? ...The Making of 'Mirage' (2000)

Actors: D.C. Douglas (editor), Jerry Feifer (actor), Ari Barak (actor), Toni Gallagher (actress), Anadel Baughn (actress), Craig Lachman (producer), Craig Lachman (actor), Tom Paul Wilson (actor), Curt B. Walheim (producer), Tom Paul Wilson (producer), Tom Paul Wilson (writer), Curt B. Walheim (composer), Adele Baughn (actress), Jack Hamblin (actor), Frank Gallagher (editor),

Plot: They Shoot Movies, Don't They? is a voyeuristic look at first time director Tom Paulson and the movie he wrote called Mirage. Frank Gallagher is the documentarian whose camera waits and watches as Paulson navigates through a jungle of investors, colleagues, friends and family, searching for money to finish his film. They Shoot Movies, Don't They? offers a line-blurring examination of what one might give up, in order to succeed.

Keywords: blair-witch, comma-in-title, cult-film, docu-fiction, hollywood, ifc, independent-film, mockumentary, punctuation-in-title, question-in-title
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: ...The Making Of Mirage

Boleiros - Era Uma Vez o Futebol... (1998)

Actors: Adriano Stuart (actor), André Abujamra (actor), Otávio Augusto (actor), Flávio Migliaccio (actor), Lima Duarte (actor), Cássio Gabus Mendes (actor), Ugo Giorgetti (writer), Ugo Giorgetti (director), Antônio Grassi (actor), Maria Fatima Toledo (miscellaneous crew), Denise Fraga (actress), Marisa Orth (actress), Oswaldo Campozana (actor), João Acaiabe (actor), Bruno Giordano (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Sport,

Kissan kuolema (1994)

Actors: Jan-Eric Nyström (miscellaneous crew), Peter Franzén (actor), Rea Mauranen (actress), Sulevi Peltola (actor), Claes Olsson (producer), Eero Saarinen (actor), Helena Notkonen (actress), Raimo O. Niemi (director), Raimo O. Niemi (writer), Yari (composer), Jukka Voutilainen (actor), Marja Pyykkö (actress), Eero Milonoff (actor), Marjaana Maijala (actress), Pentti Halonen (actor),

Plot: In the closed community of a reform school for teenagers, the principal's daughter is found sexually molested. The schoolgirls seem to know more than they are willing to tell. When things get worse, one of the boys starts his own investigations on the case.

Keywords: based-on-novel, cat, child-abuse, fear, female-nudity, love, power, rape, rapist, reform-school
Genres: Drama, Thriller,

Pyrates (1991)

Actors: Michael Jordan (actor), Ralph B. Meyer (miscellaneous crew), Michael Donner (miscellaneous crew), Kevin Bacon (actor), Brad Stephens (miscellaneous crew), Steven Jay Rubin (miscellaneous crew), Kyra Sedgwick (actress), Bruce Payne (actor), Mickey Jones (actor), Neal Thompson (miscellaneous crew), Buckley Norris (actor), Raymond O'Connor (actor), Gib Jaffe (editor), Sharon Vise (miscellaneous crew), Arianne Phillips (costume designer),

Plot: As soon as they meet Ari and Sam get into a pretty passionate - and combustible - relationship. Indeed, the scenes of their rendezvous often seem reminiscent of the Chicago Fire. But the course of true flaming lust never runs true, and as they try to handle their all-consuming passion their two best friends endlessly meet to compare notes on developments.

Keywords: bar-mitzvah, breaking-the-fourth-wall, chicago-bears, chicago-bulls, chicago-cubs, chicago-fire-of-1871, chicago-illinois, fire, independent-film, nightclub
Genres: Comedy, Romance,

Quotes:

Ari: Would you like...::Sam: To fuck?::Ari: No, a drink.

Ari: Think pure thoughts.::Sam: I'm not wearing any undies.

Liam: If you get a chubby, I will fucking kill you.

Ari: [Working in a darkroom, Ari mistakes developer fluid for wine] Liam! This is the worst piss you've ever bought! Next time spend the extra dime and get something with grapes!

Ari: When I was in like, 5th grade, the miniseries "Roots" was this big thing. So, our teacher had us make family trees. I consulted my mom, and my grandmother, but we couldn't trace it back any further than New York, which was embarrassing. So, I lied and said that we were descended from Russian Tsars. Which is possible if any of them married poorly. Now Liam on the other hand, if there's a good Monty Python rerun on, or if he's had enough Guinness, will confess to a lineage of pirates. Dashing, hearty, seafaring men, known for their rich appetites and poor showings on college placement exams. Supposedly, he claims, they started out with the best of intentions. Rebellion against a tyrannical crown. But then conditions changed, and they lost track. They became desperados. Seduced, driven mad by a combination of lust and endless, chickless months at sea. They raped, they pillaged, they took things that were not theirs. See, that's the literal definition of piracy today. Record pirates, video pirates, love pirates. Maybe that's why Sam and I broke up. Maybe it was just sex. Maybe it was something we let our careers get away with. But no matter what, if we didn't have a hold on it, if it wasn't truly ours, then we had no right fucking with it. Yeah, we had a lot in common with Liam's pirates, Sam and I. The lust... the abandon... the tendency to just burn everything in sight. I don't think I'll ever fall in love again.