Ariane Louis-Seize Explained

Ariane Louis-Seize is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec.[1]

Career

Short films

She received critical acclaim in 2016 for her first short film, 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] In the same year, she was one of the writers of the screenplay for Of Ink and Blood (D'Encre et de sang).[4]

She received further acclaim for her next short film, Little Waves (Les petites vagues), which was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten list in 2018.[5]

Her third short film, The Depths (Les profondeurs), premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.[6] It was subsequently screened at the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Choice Award for Best Short Film.[7] She followed this up in 2020 with another short film, Shooting Star (Comme une comète).[8] It was subsequently screened at the Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival, where it won the Prix Télébec,[9] and at the Whistler Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian ShortWork.[10] The film received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Live Action Short Film at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021.[11]

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person

Her debut feature film, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant), entered production in 2022,[12] and premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival in 2023.[13] Louis-Seize won the award for Best Director in the Giornate degli Autori program.

Accolades

Louis-Seize won accolades at the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, the Directors Guild of Canada, Festival du nouveau cinéma,[14] the Venice International Film Festival,[15] and the Windsor International Film Festival for her work on Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant).[16]

She won the $10,000 RBC Emerging Artist Award at the Calgary International Film Festival.[17]

In 2024 she was named the winner of the Toronto Film Critics Association's Jay Scott Prize.[18]

With co-writer Christine Doyon, she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024, for Humanist Vampire.[19]

In 2024, she served as a jury member of the Compétition Cheval Noir award ceremony at the 28th Fantasia International Film Festival.[20]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Le court métrage « Les petites vagues » d'Ariane Louis-Seize, au TIFF . 2023-11-08 . ici.radio-canada.ca . fr.
  2. https://globalnews.ca/news/3186086/2017-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-revealed/ "2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed"
  3. Web site: Gala Québec cinéma: Juste la fin du monde et Two Lovers and a Bear en tête . Boutros . Magdaline . April 5, 2017 . May 1, 2017 . La Presse.
  4. Charles-Henri Ramond, "D’encre et de sang – Film de Alexis Fortier Gauthier, Maxim Rheault et Francis Fortin". Films du Québec, December 4, 2016.
  5. https://nowtoronto.com/movies/features/tiff-canadas-top-ten-2018/ "TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list skews a lot younger this year"
  6. https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2019/08/01/le-quebec-rayonnera-au-tiff "Le Québec rayonnera au TIFF"
  7. https://www.sudbury.com/lifestyle/check-out-this-years-cinefest-award-winners-1729140 "Check out this year's Cinéfest award winners"
  8. Norman Wilner, "10 must-see Canadian short films at TIFF 2020". Now, September 4, 2020.
  9. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/des-matins-en-or/segments/entrevue/208437/festival-cinema-internation-abitibi-temiscamingue-39e "Le Festival du cinéma réussi malgré la pandémie et l'évacuation de la salle"
  10. Web site: 2020-12-21 . Whistler Film Festival 2020 award winners: From B.C.'s Indian Road Trip to Newfoundland's Little Orphans . 2023-11-08 . The Georgia Straight . en.
  11. Jean-François Vandeuren, "La déesse des mouches à feu part en tête des nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma 2021". Showbizz.net, April 26, 2021.
  12. Éric Lavallée, "Bloodsuckers: Sara Montpetit Toplines Ariane Louis-Seize's 'Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant'". Ion Cinema, October 25, 2022.
  13. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/vampire-dramedy-tribute-to-late-jean-marc-vall-e-set-for-venice-film-sidebar/article_a0ad45fd-bb5d-5025-b7c0-92e0757b94e7.html "Vampire dramedy, tribute to late Jean-Marc Vallée set for Venice film sidebar"
  14. Web site: [FNC 2023] Chloé Leriche et Ariane Louis-Seize récompensées ]. 2023-11-08 . Films du Québec . fr-FR.
  15. Web site: Bałaga . Marta . 2023-09-08 . 'Radical and Courageous' Dark Comedy 'Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person,' 'Through the Night' Pick Up Venice Days Awards . 2023-11-08 . Variety . en-US.
  16. Web site: Thiessen . Connie . 2023-10-23 . 'Women Talking' leads winners at 22nd annual DGC Awards . 2023-11-08 . Broadcast Dialogue . en-US.
  17. Web site: 2023-09-26 . Winners of 2023 CIFF competitions unveiled . 2023-11-08 . LiveWire Calgary . en-US.
  18. Kelly Townsend, "In Brief: TFCA awards Luminary prize to Charles Officer". Playbacl, January 25, 2024.
  19. Connie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Cinematic Arts". Broadcast Dialogue, May 30, 2024.
  20. Web site: Competitions . Fantasia Festival . 21 August 2024.

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