Kick off the Festival with a delightful black comedy sure to set the tone for the week. Meet the director and stars whose sweet chemistry "takes a bite" out of everything you thought you knew about vampires. After the film, celebrate 10 years of AVFest in Northern Sonoma County with a Block Party on the Boulevard!
Writer/Director Ariane Louis-Seize and lead actors Sara Montpetit and Félix-Antoine Bénard will be in conversation at the screening.
5:00PM - Feature film at Cloverdale Performing Arts Center
6:00PM - Cloverdale Block Party
Dinner, drink tickets, and the screening are included in the ticket price. This event is included in PLATINUM & OPENING WEEKEND PASSES.
FILM SYNOPSIS:
Just as the twisty title suggests, first-time feature director Ariane Louis-Seize surprises us at every turn with her hugely entertaining and exquisitely designed genre mash-up about Sasha, a young female vampire whose primal instincts aren’t developing as expected. When her frustrated parents decide to nudge her out of the nest hoping she’ll land on her feet, she encounters Paul, a young boy who might be the solution to her problems. Packed with humor and pathos from the opening scene, this rom-com/coming-of-age/horror comedy is ultimately a heartfelt journey about two lost and lonely souls finding each other in a big crazy world. Picking up more than a dozen Audience Awards at festivals around the globe, including four prizes at the prestigious Venice Film Festival, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person is a charming crowd-pleaser not to be missed.
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There is a second screening of HUMANIST VAMPIRE on Sunday, April 28 at 4PM at Longboard Vineyards.