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Ariane Louis-Seize

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Ariane Louis-Seize is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec.[1] She is most noted for her short films Wild Skin (La Peau sauvage), which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards[2] and a Prix Iris nominee for Best Short Film at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards,[3] and Little Waves (Les petites vagues), which was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten list in 2018.[4]

Her short film The Depths (Les profondeurs) premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.[5] It was subsequently screened at the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Choice Award for Best Short Film.[6] She followed up in 2020 with Shooting Star (Comme une comète).[7]

Her debut feature film, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant), entered production in 2022,[8] and premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival in 2023.[9] Louis-Seize won the award for Best Director in the Giornate degli Autori program.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Le court métrage « Les petites vagues » d'Ariane Louis-Seize, au TIFF". Y a pas deux matins pareils, September 12, 2018.
  2. ^ "2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed". Global News, January 17, 2017.
  3. ^ Boutros, Magdaline (April 5, 2017). "Gala Québec cinéma: Juste la fin du monde et Two Lovers and a Bear en tête". La Presse. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  4. ^ "TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list skews a lot younger this year". Now, December 5, 2018.
  5. ^ "Le Québec rayonnera au TIFF". TVA Nouvelles, August 1, 2019.
  6. ^ "Check out this year's Cinéfest award winners". Northern Life, October 3, 2019.
  7. ^ Norman Wilner, "10 must-see Canadian short films at TIFF 2020". Now, September 4, 2020.
  8. ^ Éric Lavallée, "Bloodsuckers: Sara Montpetit Toplines Ariane Louis-Seize’s 'Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant'". Ion Cinema, October 25, 2022.
  9. ^ "Vampire dramedy, tribute to late Jean-Marc Vallée set for Venice film sidebar". Toronto Star, July 27, 2023.
  10. ^ Marta Balaga, "‘Radical and Courageous’ Dark Comedy ‘Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person,’ ‘Through the Night’ Pick Up Venice Days Awards". Variety, September 8, 2023.


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