The CINEMA CENTRIC meet up for an episode with actor, producer, and director Arielle Friedman, co-founder of Ser Nocturna, the production company behind award-winning festival hits at Sundance, Tribeca, Frameline, and SXSW. Arielle shares her journey from professional ballet dancer at BalletMet to Columbia University film student, and how movement, identity, and myth shape her storytelling.
We discuss her latest projects, including her co-starring role in the critically acclaimed horror film Good Boy (2025), now in theaters, as well as the short film Breadwinner (available to watch October 27, 2025) and its upcoming feature adaptation starring Arielle. She also talks about her in-production documentary Curtain Call.
Arielle shares two personal Criterion picks: Teeth (2007) and The Lure (2015). Both films she’s examined deeply, even writing an academic paper on Teeth. We talk about how these stories intertwine femininity, transformation, and dark humor with the constant undercurrent of women navigating an unsafe world.
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