FILMS
Ari won a Student Oscar for HELICOPTER, which was called “the best short film of the year” by Film Threat and won top prizes at short-film festivals in the US, France, Germany & Brazil. His absurdist feature film ADVENTURES OF POWER, in which he starred alongside Jane Lynch, Michael McKean and Adrian Grenier, premiered at Sundance and won best-of-festival prizes at eight film festivals, and was distributed by Phase4Films & Showtime. It was the audience’s top-rated comedy at the Karlovy-Vary International Film Festival and was called “one of the funniest films in recent years” by New York Magazine. Ari’s previous short film CULTURE was the inspiration for a filmmaking collective in the former Yugoslavia, which he later joined. He has written and directed videos & short films for various artists, for Showtime’s “United States of Tara,” and for Nickelodeon star Lucas Cruikshank. His next feature, "Begin the Beguine," shoots in summer 2012.
Features
Adventures of Power The award-winning comedy about rock'n'roll, love, labor, air-drumming, and the American Dream. "Totally awesome" - LA Times. "Platinum-level" - Chicago Sun-Times. "Crazy hilarious!" - Ain't-It-Cool-News. "Spinal Tap caliber. Wonderful." - Chicago Reader. Starring Michael McKean, Adrian Grenier, Jane Lynch, Shoshannah Stern, Steven Williams, Chi Ling Chiu, and Ari Gold.
Begin the Beguine - new feature film, shooting summer 2012.
Shorts
To watch the short films, and for more detailed descriptions, click an image below.
