19th Hole Productions

✦ An Independent Production Company ✦

19TH
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"Where Far-out stories are Par for the Course"

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Now Screening ✦ Christmas at the Kringles — Nov 2026 ✦ Members Only ✦ Briarcliff Entertainment ✦ From the Flesh ✦ When I'm Ready ✦ Nickels ✦ Handicap: ∞ ✦ Est. Beyond the Final Hole ✦ Now Screening ✦ Christmas at the Kringles — Nov 2026 ✦ Members Only ✦ Briarcliff Entertainment ✦ From the Flesh ✦ When I'm Ready ✦ Nickels ✦ Handicap: ∞ ✦ Est. Beyond the Final Hole ✦

✦ Now Screening

Film 01 / 04

From the Flesh

2023

Horror · Short Film · 16 min

A gifted teenage singer auditions for the choir at a local youth ministry — and discovers the sinister reason behind their devotion.

▶ Watch on YouTube

Cast

Kennedy Walsh

Direction

Hunter Livingston

Production 19th Hole Productions

When I'm Ready

2025

Apocalyptic Romance · 107 min

As an asteroid cluster hurtles toward Earth, a young couple sets out on one last cross-country road trip — encountering the full spectrum of what it means to be human at the end of everything.

▶ Watch on Amazon

Starring

Andrew Ortenberg
June Schreiner
Lauren Cohan
Dermot Mulroney

Direction

Andrew Johnson · Written by Andrew Ortenberg

Distribution Briarcliff Entertainment & Quiver Distribution

Nickels

2026

Drama · Wide Theatrical Release

A successful man still haunted by his brother's death 30 years ago begins to wonder if the signs appearing around him aren't coincidences — and if love might really be eternal.

Wide Theatrical 2026

Starring

Rob Riggle
Aaron Holliday
Bitsie Tulloch
Odessa A'zion · Tom Arnold

Direction

Spencer King

Distribution Briarcliff Entertainment

Christmas at the Kringles

2026

Holiday Horror-Comedy · Wide Theatrical Nov 2026

The neighbors celebrate Christmas year-round, and at first it's charming. Then unsettling. Then something far worse. A genre-bending holiday ride from the director of Willy's Wonderland.

In Theaters November 2026

Starring

Ron Livingston
Rachel Bilson
Rob Riggle
Thomas Lennon · Donald Faison

Direction

Kevin Lewis

Distribution Briarcliff Entertainment

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About

19th Hole Productions is an independent film production company founded by Eli Samek, Andrew Ortenberg, and Jake Ingrande. We develop and produce films that defy easy categorization — genre-bending, character-driven, commercially ambitious.

Our slate spans horror, comedy, thriller, and drama — often all at once. With distribution partners including Briarcliff Entertainment and Quiver Distribution, we're building a body of work that reaches real audiences in real theaters.

Active Members

The Founders

Member 001

Eli Samek

Co-Founder & Producer

Kentucky-based film producer and financier. Co-founder.

Member 002

Andrew Ortenberg

Co-Founder & Producer

Writer. Actor. Producer. When I'm Ready, Nickels, Christmas at the Kringles.

Member 003

Jake Ingrande