Ariane Louis-Seize‘s Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (winner of the Director’s Award at Giornate degli Autori section in Venice Film Festival last year) leads all nominations at the Prix Iris (aka Quebec Oscars) with a total of twenty-two including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best First Film, and seven acting nominations however it’s fiercest competition might come from Simple comme Sylvain by Monia Chokri which premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section. Also known as “The Nature of Love,” Chokri’s third feature received fourteen nominations in all with Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Director, and four acting nominations.… Read the rest
