Wild Skin Explained

Wild Skin
Native Name:
Director:Ariane Louis-Seize
Producer:Hany Ouichou
Jeanne-Marie Poulin
Starring:Marilyn Castonguay
Alexis Lefebvre
Music:Peter Venne
Cinematography:Shawn Pavlin
Editing:Sophie Farkas-Bolla
Studio:Art & Essai
Runtime:19 minutes
Country:Canada

Wild Skin (French: La Peau sauvage) is a 2016 Canadian short drama film, written and directed by Ariane Louis-Seize. Without dialogue, the film stars Marilyn Castonguay as a woman who has a strange erotic experience after unexpectedly finding a python in her apartment.[1]

The film premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]

The film was a shortlisted Prix Iris nominee for Best Short Film at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards.[3] At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards, the film was nominated for Best Live Action Short Drama.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.indiewire.com/2017/07/fantasia-film-festival-quebec-genre-filmmakers-1201855777/ "How Fantasia Film Festival Has Fostered a New Generation of Genre Filmmakers"
  2. https://nowtoronto.com/movies/short-cuts-2016-tiff/ "TIFF shorts 2016: what to check out at this year's fest"
  3. https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/495660/dolan-et-nguyen-dominent-la-course-au-gala-quebec-cinema "Dolan et Nguyen dominent la course aux prix Iris"
  4. https://globalnews.ca/news/3186086/2017-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-revealed/ "2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed"