Joseph Antaki

Joseph Antaki

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

Movies for Joseph Antaki...

Title: Alert: Missing Persons Unit
Character: Cab Driver
Released: January 8, 2023
Type: TV
When police officer Nikki Batista’s son goes missing, she joins the Philadelphia Police Department's Missing Person’s Unit (MPU) to help other people find their loved ones, even as she searches for her own. Six years later, her world is turned upside-down when her ex-husband, Jason Grant, a former police officer, shows up with a proof-of-life photo of their missing boy. Or is it?
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Title: STAT
Character: Dr. Khalil
Released: September 12, 2022
Type: TV
The daily lives of the personnel of the St-Vincent hospital in Montréal.
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The Sticky Side of Baklava
Title: The Sticky Side of Baklava
Character: Jean
Released: September 3, 2021
Type: Movie
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.
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My Very Own Circus
Title: My Very Own Circus
Character: Monsieur Stiff
Released: August 14, 2020
Type: Movie
A girl who comes from a long line of circus performers tries to fulfill her dream of going to private school.
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Title: Dogs Day
Character: Adamo
Released: January 29, 2020
Type: TV
As a dizzying heat wave hits Montreal and throws the city into a state of general torpor, the residents of the Saint-Henri neighborhood fall prey to events that reason cannot explain.
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The Great Traveller
Title: The Great Traveller
Character: Edgar
Released: October 11, 2019
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Cerebrum
Character: Journalist
Released: August 8, 2019
Type: TV
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Malek
Title: Malek
Character: Head chef
Released: January 18, 2019
Type: Movie
A Lebanese immigrant living in Montreal is haunted by his sister's death.
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Title: Les honorables
Character: Jury President
Released: January 10, 2019
Type: TV
The tragic death of Gabrielle and the acquittal of her killer plunges the Dessureaux family into a living hell.
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Title: Line-Up
Character: Tony
Released: September 5, 2018
Type: TV
We spend an average of five years of our lives waiting in line… what do we do with all of this time? The dramady follows two multigenerational families waiting in line… just like us, they might feel all too alone in these forced and confined moments.
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Title: Hubert & Fanny
Character: Psychiatrist
Released: January 9, 2018
Type: TV
Hubert is a good-looking guy and a well-known, talented tattoo artist. Love isn't one of his top priorities, and neither is family. And then there's Fanny, a hard-working, dedicated social worker who has trouble keeping her working life separate from her private life. Guillaume, her boyfriend of the last seven years, understands her and gives her his unconditional support. They're trying for their first baby. So nothing predestined Hubert and Fanny to meet. But during a hold-up, they experience the most intense emotions they've ever felt. During the time when they're fearing for their lives, they rely on each other to survive. After the event, an irresistible desire to see each other again compels them to wonder whether spending a few hours together is really enough to change the course of their lives.​​​​​​
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Title: Runaway
Character: Jessica's Taxi Driver
Released: January 8, 2018
Type: TV
The tragic yet hopeful story of Fanny, a young teen from a good suburban home whose life spirals out of control when she falls for a manipulative and abusive man.
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My Guys
Title: My Guys
Character: Sam
Released: March 4, 2014
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: A Sudden Text
Character: Saad Mazari
Released: January 6, 2014
Type: TV
Maude, Jennifer, Melanie, Vincent, and Sami navigate adolescence and the ups and downs of high school in a changing digital world amid the emergence of social media. The group gathers their talents and passions around the common project of revitalizing the student newspaper, with a goal toward changing the world. Brimming with optimism and fraught with anxiety, with a lot of laughs along the way the teens learn a lot about themselves as they explore relationships, commitment, and what it's like to be a teenager in the 21st century.
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The Valley of Tears
Title: The Valley of Tears
Character: Joseph
Released: August 30, 2012
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Being Human
Character: Samid Malik
Released: January 17, 2011
Type: TV
Three paranormal roommates, a ghost, a vampire, and a werewolf, struggle to keep their dark secrets from the world, while helping each other navigate the complexities of living double lives.
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The Terrorist Next Door
Title: The Terrorist Next Door
Character: Mohamed
Released: June 12, 2008
Type: Movie
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.
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Cairo Calling
Title: Cairo Calling
Character: Ahmed
Released: February 28, 2005
Type: Movie
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...
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Beyond Borders
Title: Beyond Borders
Character: Rebel
Released: October 23, 2003
Type: Movie
Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984, is married to the son of a wealthy British industrialist. She encounters Nick Callahan, a renegade doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world.
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How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause
Title: How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause
Character: Abdoul
Released: February 7, 2003
Type: Movie
Jean-Charles has an unusual relationship with his mother. He can't break free of her influence even when writing his master's thesis, made up of interviews with the several hundred men who have slept with her. Jean-Charles can identify -- he's one of them. But the incestuous bond between mom-and-son is jeopardized when Jean-Charles meets Cassandra, and Mom shifts her attentions to a hot young stud in retaliation.
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The Sum of All Fears
Title: The Sum of All Fears
Character: Arab Doctor
Released: May 31, 2002
Type: Movie
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.