Joseph Antaki

Joseph Antaki

História

Joseph has been writing, directing and producing since 1989. His work has been shown on television and in film festivals.

Perfil

Joseph Antaki

Filmes

The Sticky Side of Baklava
Jean
The uneventful middle-class life of Lebanese sisters Houwayda and Joëlle spirals into turmoil after Houwayda announces that she is accompanying Pierre, her Québecker husband, on a sabbatical year in France.
Minha Vida Além do Circo
Monsieur Stiff
Nascida em uma família de artistas de circo, Laura passou grande parte de sua juventude em turnê com seu pai Bill, um palhaço profissional, e seu assistente de palco, Mandeep. Secretamente, ela anseia por uma vida mais convencional. Graças à sua nova professora, Patricia, ela pode finalmente realizar seu sonho: ir para uma escola particular. Ao perceber o enorme potencial de sua nova aluna, Patricia ajuda Laura a passar nos exames de admissão. Este ato é uma forma de rebelião contra seu pai. O boêmio Bill, um autoproclamado inconformista, pode aceitar que a menina de seus olhos tenha caído tão longe da árvore paterna?
The Great Traveller
Edgar
Edgar, an acclaimed travel writer, convinces his old friend and colleague, Bill, to join him on a final trip to a mysterious institute, to write the sequel to the bestseller they co-wrote 20 years ago. Weak, quiet and beaten down by time, Bill suffers a perilous stay under the control of the institute’s executive committee.
Malek
Head chef
A Lebanese immigrant living in Montreal is haunted by his sister's death.
My Guys
Sam
My Guys is a light-hearted comedy revolving around the trials and tribulations of Georgette and her entourage of gay men. This twenty-nine year old, full figured waitress is rather content with her lot until an unwelcomed guest blows her little world to pieces. Enter Janine Theresa Douglas directly from the pages of a fashion magazine. She is tall, skinny and loves to drink...the ideal woman! And she wants Georgette's guys, but Georgette doesn't take the challenge lying down. She hatches a plan to rid herself of this interloper, but the outcome is not necessarily the one Georgette had anticipated.
My Guys
Screenplay
My Guys is a light-hearted comedy revolving around the trials and tribulations of Georgette and her entourage of gay men. This twenty-nine year old, full figured waitress is rather content with her lot until an unwelcomed guest blows her little world to pieces. Enter Janine Theresa Douglas directly from the pages of a fashion magazine. She is tall, skinny and loves to drink...the ideal woman! And she wants Georgette's guys, but Georgette doesn't take the challenge lying down. She hatches a plan to rid herself of this interloper, but the outcome is not necessarily the one Georgette had anticipated.
My Guys
Director
My Guys is a light-hearted comedy revolving around the trials and tribulations of Georgette and her entourage of gay men. This twenty-nine year old, full figured waitress is rather content with her lot until an unwelcomed guest blows her little world to pieces. Enter Janine Theresa Douglas directly from the pages of a fashion magazine. She is tall, skinny and loves to drink...the ideal woman! And she wants Georgette's guys, but Georgette doesn't take the challenge lying down. She hatches a plan to rid herself of this interloper, but the outcome is not necessarily the one Georgette had anticipated.
Confessions of a Fag Hag
Director
Georgette, the resident fag hag, hatches a plan to get rid of a rival, but the outcome is not what she had anticipated…
The Valley of Tears
Joseph
Marie, a Canadian editor specialized in testimonies of Genocide survivors, starts to receive anonymous large envelopes with the narrative of Ali, a young Palestinian who grew up in a refugee camp in Lebanon. Intrigued, Marie investigates the origin of these envelopes and finds out who is the anonymous writer. This is how she establishes a connection with Joseph, a Lebanese worker hired to paint the offices. A strange relation develops between these two persons who come from very different worlds. But after a while, Joseph abruptly disappears and Marie, overwhelmed by the mission fallen on her, starts a journey into the past, through a small village in Lebanon, in the heart of a bloodthirsty culture were lies the key of all the enigmas.
The Terrorist Next Door
Mohamed
A dramatization inspired by the real-life events surrounding the recruitment and capture of Ahmed Ressam - aka the "Millennium Bomber". Ressam was convicted of smuggling a bomb into the United States as part of an Al Qaeda plot to blow up Los Angeles International Airport on New Year's Eve, 1999.
Cairo Calling
Director
Ahmed is in for the shock of his life when his mother calls from Cairo to announce her imminent visit to Montreal . He has to clean up his act to get ready for her arrival. He convinces his entourage to play along for the duration of her stay, telling them that the visit is a short one. But Mother has other plans... She is a woman on a mission and is ready to stay for as long as it takes for her to see it through. In fact, she has an open ticket! Ahmed's patience as well as his friends' will be severely tested as his mother tries to bring her old world values into their lives. But she too will get tested when she realizes the true meaning of the old saying : be careful what you wish for, it may just come true...
Amor Sem Fronteiras
Rebel
Sarah Jordan (Angelina Jolie) é uma socialite casada com Henry Bauford (Linus Roache), filho de um influente empresário americano. Após conhecer Nick Callahan (Clive Owen), um médico que se dedica a causas humanitárias na África, Sarah se dispõe a ajudá-lo. Ela arrecada fundos para comprar medicamentos e comida para refugiados na Etiópia, aonde vai para entregá-los à equpe de Nick. Ver o sofrimento e a miséria do povo etíope de perto faz com que Sarah decida mudar de vida ao retornar a Londres, passando a trabalhar para uma ONG que ajuda causas humanitárias.
How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause
Abdoul
A Soma de Todos os Medos
Arab Doctor
A Guerra Fria americana é revivida, depois que o presidente da Rússia morre e é sucedido por um homem de passado obscuro. Mas as tensões Ocidente-Oriente vêm à tona, quando a CIA suspeita que cientistas russos renegados estão desenvolvendo mais armas nucleares. Acionado pelo diretor William Cabot, Jack Ryan percorre uma trilha perigosa até uma chocante conclusão: terroristas planejam provocar a guerra, detonando uma bomba nuclear durante um jogo do campeonato de futebol.