Ariane Louis-Seize is a

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film director and screenwriter from

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. She has attracted critical acclaim and more than dozen awards for her filmmaking work.

Career

Short films

She received critical acclaim in 2016 for her first short film, ''

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(La Peau sauvage)'', which was a

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nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the

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and a

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. She received further acclaim for her next short film, '' Little Waves (Les petites vagues)'', which was named to the

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's annual

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list in 2018."TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list skews a lot younger this year"
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'', December 5, 2018. Her third short film, '' The Depths (Les profondeurs)'', premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. It was subsequently screened at the

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, where it won the Audience Choice Award for Best Short Film."Check out this year's Cinéfest award winners"
'' Northern Life'', October 3, 2019. She followed this up in 2020 with another short film, '' Shooting Star (Comme une comète)''. It was subsequently screened at the

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, where it won the Prix Télébec,and at the

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, where it won the award for Best Canadian ShortWork. The film received a

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at the

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in 2021.Jean-François Vandeuren
"La déesse des mouches à feu part en tête des nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma 2021"
''Showbizz.net'', April 26, 2021.

''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, and premiered at the

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in 2023. Louis-Seize won the award for Best Director in the Giornate degli Autori program. The film has since screened at film festivals internationally, winning several awards.

Awards

Louis-Seize won awards at the

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, the

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, the Venice International Film Festival, and the

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for her work on ''Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant).''

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