Ariane Louis-Seize
Ariane Louis-Seize is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec.[1]
Career[edit]
Short films[edit]
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[edit]
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.
Awards[edit]
Louis-Seize won awards at the Calgary International Film Festival,[14][15] the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, the Directors Guild of Canada, Festival du nouveau cinéma,[16] the Venice International Film Festival,[17] and the Windsor International Film Festival for her work on Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant).
In 2024 she was named the winner of the Toronto Film Critics Association's Jay Scott Prize.[18]
References[edit]
- ^ "Le court métrage « Les petites vagues » d'Ariane Louis-Seize, au TIFF". ici.radio-canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 2023-11-08.
- ^ "2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed". Global News, January 17, 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "D’encre et de sang – Film de Alexis Fortier Gauthier, Maxim Rheault et Francis Fortin". Films du Québec, December 4, 2016.
- ^ "TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list skews a lot younger this year". Now, December 5, 2018.
- ^ "Le Québec rayonnera au TIFF". TVA Nouvelles, August 1, 2019.
- ^ "Check out this year's Cinéfest award winners". Northern Life, October 3, 2019.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "10 must-see Canadian short films at TIFF 2020". Now, September 4, 2020.
- ^ "Le Festival du cinéma réussi malgré la pandémie et l'évacuation de la salle". Ici Radio-Canada Première, November 6, 2020.
- ^ "Whistler Film Festival 2020 award winners: From B.C.'s Indian Road Trip to Newfoundland's Little Orphans". The Georgia Straight. 2020-12-21. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
- ^ Jean-François Vandeuren, "La déesse des mouches à feu part en tête des nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma 2021". Showbizz.net, April 26, 2021.
- ^ Éric Lavallée, "Bloodsuckers: Sara Montpetit Toplines Ariane Louis-Seize's 'Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant'". Ion Cinema, October 25, 2022.
- ^ "Vampire dramedy, tribute to late Jean-Marc Vallée set for Venice film sidebar". Toronto Star, July 27, 2023.
- ^ Thiessen, Connie (2023-10-23). "'Women Talking' leads winners at 22nd annual DGC Awards". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
- ^ "Winners of 2023 CIFF competitions unveiled". LiveWire Calgary. 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
- ^ "[FNC 2023] Chloé Leriche et Ariane Louis-Seize récompensées". Films du Québec (in French). Retrieved 2023-11-08.
- ^ Bałaga, Marta (2023-09-08). "'Radical and Courageous' Dark Comedy 'Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person,' 'Through the Night' Pick Up Venice Days Awards". Variety. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
- ^ Kelly Townsend, "In Brief: TFCA awards Luminary prize to Charles Officer". Playbacl, January 25, 2024.