'Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person' has been announced as the winner of the 2023 (Windsor International Film Festival) WIFF Prize in Canadian Film.
Ten films were nominated for the $25,000 prize, which was presented on Sunday to winning director Ariane Louis-Seize.
"Ariane's film is a refreshing, subversive, and very well-cast film that is both risky and memorable," said Vincent Georgie, Executive Director and Chief Programmer of WIFF, adding that he was thrilled to see the film win.
"It's been an exciting weekend of celebrating Canadian film and filmmakers. Our audiences have fully embraced this year's nominees," Georgie said.
The other nine films nominated in the Canadian film category included:
Blackberry directed by Matt Johnson
The Dishwasher directed by Francis Leclerc
Frontiers directed by Guy Édoin
Irena’s Vow directed by Louise Archambault
My Mother’s Men directed by Anik Jean
The Nature of Love directed by Monia Chokri
One Summer directed by Louise Archambault
Seven Veils directed by Atom Egoyan
Solo directed by Sophie Dupuis
"The jury was deeply impressed by the quality of all the films selected and wanted to thank the festival and the city of Windsor for showing us such a great time," said jury president Steve Gravestock.
"We are proud to give the WIFF Canadian film prize to a film notable for its skillful and inventive approach to genre (well several genres really), its stellar lead performance, its beautifully downbeat comic tone, and distinctive directorial touch," Gravestock added.
This year's jury consisted of Gravestock the former Senior International Programmer of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Apple TV Programming Lead Kerri Craddock, Member of the Critics Choice Association and film critic Peter Howell, filmmaker Maxime Giroux, and filmmaker Tiffany Hsiung.
WIFF 2023 runs from October 26 to November 5.