Laurent Arber

EPICLESIS Trailer. *Putting on the final touches on the film before it goes to festivals (hopefully). 🙏🏽☦️🙏🏽 A young priest. A God-shaped hole. And the very human thing of trying to fill it with something —- or someone else. A small, strange, tender comedy about faith, longing, and the awkward places we wander in between. Shot on @kodak_shootfilm ❤️💛 Director: Salomon Ligthelm @salomonligthelm Cinematographer: Christopher Lew @christopher_lew Production Company: SearchParty, farbfilm studio, DeepCutFilms Executive Producer: Salomon Ligthelm, Laurent Arber, @JBregel Producer: Laurent Arber, Dan Blackwell, Jeffery Scotti Schroeder Co-Produced by Call Mumsy Associate Producer: George Beno Associate Producer: Paul Ure Associate Producer: Zéré Turlykhanova Associate Producer: Pili Weeber Associate Producer: Dan Majkut Line Producer: W. Ian Ross 1st Assistant Director: Dan Majkut 2nd Assistant Director: Hannah Sheinkopf 2nd 2nd AD: Matt Oshea Set PA: Michaela Agostino Set PA: Kaitlyn Bader Set PA: Ariel Wang Set PA: Arturo Daza Set PA: Michaela Agostino Truck Driver: Kai Affoiter Location Manager: Miguel Virola Location Manager: Bruno Barros 1st Assistant Camera: Tom Fenaille 2nd Assistant Camera: Laura Eraud 3rd Assistant Camera: Nick Kozel Gaffer: Mario Requelme Best Boy Electric: Irina Lazouski Key Grip: Eli Freireich Best Boy Grip: Emmet Luciano Sound: Elias Rivera Sound: Charles Cutler Steady Cam Operator: Laura Eraud Steady Cam Operator: Ryan Toussieng Casting Director: Adam Browne Cast Coordinator: Chase Zalewski Upstate Casting: Heidi Eklund Production Designer: Pili Weeber Art Assistant: Katie Bloom Art Coordinator: Dwight Jantzi Rest of the credits in the comments.

A few days in Charlotte

EPICLESIS — a satirical comedy about a priest trying to fill a God-shaped hole…with humans. Some of my soul in this one. Making personal work takes everything: time, money, sleep, sanity. Pulling together a tiny army to make a film always dents the psyche a little — but when the pieces finally click, there’s no better feeling. I wish I could afford to make narrative work more often. If you know any patrons of the arts who want to support something small, strange, and personal… send them my way - especially feature films - got some ready. Seriously. 🎥🥹 Either way, I’ll keep making the work that feels true — and hope that somewhere in it, someone sees a piece of themselves. Thanks for watching - stay tuned for more. IMMENSE GRATITUDE to this incredible crew - and the small team of people who supported this film. Director/Writer: @salomonligthelm Co-writer: Jesse Loncraine Production @deepcutfilms.xyz Producers: @laurentarber , Dan Blackwell, Ian Ross Cinematography @christopher_lew Production Design @piliweeber First AD - Dan Majkut Second AD - Hannah Sheinkopf PD Assistant - Casper Lant, Pablo Tamarin Wardrobe - Andrew Walsh HMU Assistant - Tatiana Mendez 1st AC - Tom Fenaille Casting Director - Adam Browne Upstate Casting - Heidi Eklund Sound - Charles Cutler Set PA - Michaela Agostino Set PA - Ariel Wang Set PA - Arturo Daza Film Editor: Nik Kohler Editorial House: @cabinedit Stems: Ryan Taubert On set Photography - @joeperri Ivan - @vbaronian Anna - @irinacdze Pyotr - @lakutis

What happens when growing up means growing into different directions. Give Yourself A Try. A Short film. Coming next week. Photo by @jeffreyschroederfanpage Poster Design by @noel.oppliger

WE NEED YOUR HELP AND WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. We’ve launched a Crowdfunding Campaign for our short film EPICLESIS. This film is very close to my heart, and although it’s a darker comedy, it deals with themes (of belonging, fitting in, cultural & relational dislocation) that I’ve wrestle with as a missionary kid, and as someone who is trying to find his place in the world, yet at the same time, recognizing his inherited place in the world as something handed down, or bestowed to him in a Cosmic, Divine sense already - from birth. It’s a film about a priest looking for love - leaving his life of chosen celibacy, trying to fill a God-shaped hole with human shapes. It explores the awkwardness of giving up his spiritual identity and trading it for what the cool kids wear - an ill-fitting Adidas tracksuit, as he navigates all the pitfalls of modern dating: the apps, speed-dating, judgmental church folk etc. We’re 100% making the film - shooting next week, in NYC. We’re making it for 140K and shooting for 6 days. We’ve already shot day 1/6, and have a little teaser out already. ALSO —- We’ve got a rave scene that we could use some people for - if you want to hang, and have a good time shooting on 35mm film, reach out to @laurentarber , and I’ll send through more details shortly. EPICLESIS isn’t a direct proof of concept for a feature, however it explores the same world I’m looking to build for my feature film FOREIGN ANIMALS - similar visual tone etc. We have a great team on it —- Director/Writer: @salomonligthelm Co-writer: Jesse Loncraine Production @deepcutfilms.xyz @farbfilm.studio Producers: @laurentarber , Dan Blackwell, @worst.bad Cinematography @christopher_lew Production Design @piliweeber First AD - Dan Majkut Second AD - Hannah Sheinkopf PD Assistant - Casper Lant, Pablo Tamarin Wardrobe - Andrew Walsh HMU Assistant - Tatiana Mendez 1st AC - Tom Fenaille Casting Director - Adam Browne Upstate Casting - Heidi Eklund Sound - Charles Cutler Set PA - Michaela Agostino Set PA - Ariel Wang Set PA - Arturo Daza On set Photography - @joeperri Ivan - @vbaronian Anna - @irinacdze Pyotr - @lakutis LINK TO CONTRIBUTE IN BIO.

1. Me in NYC 2. Mika in NYC 3. NYC 4. The Boys in NYC 5. Dogs in NYC 6. Jazz in NYC 7. Me in NYC 8. NYC 9. Dan and Huxley in NYC 10. Alex and Mika in NYC 11. Driving in NYC 12. Observing NYC 13. Boys still in NYC 14. Me in NYC 15. Driving in NYC 16. Vibes in NYC (i think)

France with friends > France without friends

365 days with leo. Thanks to all my dog watchers, I truly appreciate you. Without you this would not have been possible! <3

Shot with friends. 🫂 Featuring @krrstn Directed by my broski @burakerinmezzz , shot by the talented @timbieker , produced by @farbfilm.studio @krrstn @burakerinmezzz @laurentarber @yanik.png @randomguysmemory @timbieker @9two7 @milanfriedlos @noel.oppliger @bycrisci @nickecantarelli thanks @on for providing us with gear.

Sun is shining, weather is sweet.

Vibes and fraands

More espresso.