top of page

Filmmaker

Ari Harrison

Ari Harrison is the General Manager at the Film and Gaming Distribution company: Umbrella and the Director and Owner of production company: Sanctuary Pictures and Online Ad based Streaming Company: Brollie Entertainment. Umbrella manages rights for film and gaming content spanning multiple platforms, including FILM: Theatrical, VOD, Home Entertainment, TV and Ancillary and GAMES: PC, PlayStation, Switch and Xbox. 


In his role as the company’s General Manager, Ari is across all of these areas, with specific emphasis on determining the financial and artistic viability of both local and international productions for release. 


Ari is a Producer of Penny Lane is Dead (2026) and Short film The Shirt off your Back (2025) nominated for Best Short at the AACTAs 2026. He is Executive and Co-Producer on various Australian feature films including upcoming; We Bury the Dead, Lesbian Space Princess, Talk to Me, The Survival of Kindess, You'll Never Find Me, Speedway, The Moogai and more. 

Related Program

5 Feb 2026

Games Unpacked

1:00 pm

9 Feb 2025

Fear on Film: Producing Horror

10:30 am

AACTA Festival Background_Palm Trees_Purple_Landscape.jpg

DON'T MISS OUT

Want to get updates from AACTA Festival?

Find Out More about AACTA Festival

bottom of page