THE GIRLFRIEND GAME

SYNOPSIS

An erotic thriller about a twisted game a couple plays at bars, until one night, things go out of hand. The story takes us onto a nightmarish, psychosexual journey, and gradually, the true nature of their relationship comes to light.

ARMEN ANTRANIKIAN DIRECTOR

Armen is a recent graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where he received the Jack Nicholson Award and John Huston Award for Directing. Armen grew up in Germany, and lived in London for five years, where he studied at the University of the Arts London. He was selected by the BFI London Film Festival for their acclaimed development program, and featured by MOVIESCOPE as a 'Director to Watch’. He is currently working on his first feature film, a character-driven psychological thriller.

NICK ANTOSCA WRITER

Nick Antosca is a prolific novelist, screenwriter, and journalist from New Orleans. He is a co-producer on NBC's HANNIBAL and previously wrote for TEEN WOLF, LAST RESORT, and BELIEVE. He is the author of the novel FIRES and the short story collection THE GIRLFRIEND GAME, and received a Shirley Jackson Award for his novella Midnight Picnic. Antosca has written for n+1, The Paris Review, The New York Sun, Nerve, and Hustler. He is currently developing a show with Starz, produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin TV.

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CHRISTINE MELTON PRODUCER

Christine attended the University of Nevada Las Vegas and received a BA in Fine Arts. Shortly after, she moved to Los Angeles to study producing at the American Film Institute. During and since, she's written and produced numerous short films, music videos and commercial spots. Currently, she's working to jump start her first feature film.

ALEJANDRO DE LEON PRODUCER

Alejandro graduated AFI in 2010, and has produced and line-produced over 12 shorts films, including THE STRANGE THING ABOUT THE JOHNSONS and MUNCHAUSEN (both written and directed by Ari Aster) which were official selections in the New York Film Festival, Fantastic Fest and Slamdance. He has also line produced two Student Academy Award winners: THIEF (Gold-2011) and NARCOCORRIDO (Silver-2012). He is a co-producer on the film ELECTRICK CHILDREN as well as BIG SIGNIFICANT THINGS, and also an Executive Producer on NIGHT MOVES (Kelly Reichardt).

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CHRISTIAN SPRENGER CINEMATOGRAPHER

Christian made a name for himself working in music videos for various artists, including The Black Keys, Tenacious D and Flying Lotus. Specializing in narrative, dark/alternative comedy and VFX work, Christian photographed the short film GREGORY GO BOOM which won the Short Film Jury Prize for US Fiction at Sundance in 2014. In addition to two pilots for FX with director Jon Krisel, MAN SEEKING WOMAN and BASKETS, starring Zach Galifianakis, Christian recently began production on LAST MAN ON EARTH for Fox.

CALLIE ANDREADIS PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Callie is a production designer based in Los Angeles. After attending AFI, her thesis film NARCOCORRIDO was awarded silver at the 39th Student Academy Awards and since then she has worked on a number of films, music videos and commercials. Her work as a designer integrates her sensibilities as a painter and her love of film and storytelling. Keen on composition, texture and color her focus remains on narrative and creating the visuals to best serve each story.

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NOAH KISTLER EDITOR

Noah Kistler is an editor/director raised on the East Coast, now living in Los Angeles. He has edited over seventy feature film trailers and television spots for companies including Sony Pictures Classics, IFC Films, Magnolia Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Relativity Media, Music Box Films, Tribeca Films and others. His music videos have premiered on the websites for SPIN and Impose Magazine. He is currently finishing his MFA thesis at USC's School of Cinematic Arts. He also has a BA in philosophy from Wesleyan University.

DANIEL HART COMPOSER

Daniel Hart is a composer and performer based in Dallas, Texas. His score for last year's AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS garnered wide critical acclaim, with Indiewire listing him as one of their "Top 5 Composers to Look Out For" and Filmmaker Magazine's honoring him as one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film". With his band, Dark Rooms, Daniel has toured the US, Europe and Asia for the last several years, performing brooding, experimental dance music, reminiscent of that heard in THE GIRLFRIEND GAME.

CAST

JEFF WARD BEN

Jeff graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, studying at the Stella Adler Studio and the Experimental Theater Wing. He recently starred in Jordan Harrison’s MARJORIE PRIME at the Mark Taper Forum alongside Lois Smith. He made his Broadway debut understudying Ben Foster in Orphans starring Alec Baldwin. New York Theatre: THE CHIMES (The Public/SPF), THAT FACE (MTC), MOMENTS (Dir. Moises Kaufman), SEX GOOD; MONEY BAD (Michael Weller), RICHARD III (CSV), GALILEO (Skirball Center), THE PILLOWMAN, and LOVES LABORS LOST.

SOPHIE KARGMAN DANI

Sophie has won the Jonathan Levy Award at Harvard University, and her most recent credits include THE MENTALIST, FRANKLIN & BASH, NEW GIRL, CRIMINAL MINDS, MALIBU HORROR STORY (Scott Slone), RAMPART (Oren Moverman), MARIA MY LOVE (Jasmine McGlade), THE DOORS (Ayako Fujitani), SORBET PERPLEX (Parker Winship). She has worked with notable theaters such as Lincoln Center Theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Atlantic Theater Company, and The Blank Theatre. Next up, she's starring in 'Black List' thriller, MANUSCRIPT (Heath Cullens).

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RYAN EGGOLD MILES

Ryan is known for his roles as Ryan Matthews on the CW teen drama series 90210 and as Tom Keen on the NBC crime drama series THE BLACKLIST. In addition to his work in television, Ryan made his professional stage debut in the acclaimed 2006 Ahmanson Theatre/Center Theatre Group production DEAD END, directed by Nick Martin, and has since appeared in productions of Leipzig, and the L.A. Weekly Award-winning production of Marat/Sade.

SARAH ROEMER CLEMENTINE

American actress and model Sarah Roemer is known for DISTURBIA (2007) and HE GRUDGE 2 (2006). She later co-starred with Joseph Cross in FALLING UP (2009). She was the leading actress in David R. Ellis' ASYLYM (2008), Katherine Brooks' WAKING MADISON (2010) and in FIRED UP! (2009). She co-starred with Golden Globe winner Richard Gere and three-time Oscar nominee Joan Allen in HACHI: A DOG’S TALE (2009). Most recently she's worked in TV starring shows such as THE EVENT and CHOSEN.

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SPENCER TREAT CLARK EDDIE

Spencer Treat Clark was born in New York City. His film debut was in ARLINGTON ROAS as Grant Faraday and since then has acted in several notable films including GLADIATOR, MYSTIC RIVER, UNBREAKABLE, THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, THE LAST EXORCISM PART II and the remake of THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN. Clark graduated from Columbia University in New York City and is currently living in Los Angeles.

CHRISTOPHER ABBOT HENRY

Abbot was raised in Greenwich, Connecticut, and attended Norwalk Community College. He is best known for such films and television series as HBO’s GIRLS, MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE and HELLO I MUST BE GOING. He's currently finished shooting two features, CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES (dir. Jackie Earle Haley) and A MOST VIOLENT YEAR (dir. J.C. Chandor), be released this fall.

CONTACT

ARMEN ANTRANIKIAN DIRECTOR / armen@antranikian.com CHRISTINE MELTON PRODUCER / christinemelton@me.com