Two Quebec filmmakers receive first-ever Academy Award nominations

Quebec filmmakers Marianne Farley and Jeremy Comte will be heading to Los Angeles for the 91st Academy Awards in February.

Theirfilms are both nominated in the best live action short film category.

"It's insane," Farleytold CBC after hearing her film, Marguerite, was nominated.

Margueritetells the story of an octogenarian,played byBatricePicard, who suffers from diabetes and spends her days in solitude.

Her isolation is interrupted only by occasional visits from her nurse and caretaker,Rachel.

She tries to develop a bond with Rachel until she learns that Rachel is a lesbian. The news changes their relationship and Marguerite herself.

"Things have changed in the last, 40, 50 years and that's what I wanted to talk about,"Farleysaid.

Jeremy Comte's film,Fauve, tells the story of two boys in Thetford Mines, Que., who play a dangerous game,daring eachother to take increasingly riskybehaviour.

"Growing up in the countryside myself, that's what I used to do, pull pranks with my best friend," Comtesaid."We have such a strong facade as boys."

For both FarleyandComte, this is their first Oscar nomination.

A third Canadianshort,Animal Behaviour,produced by the National Film Board of Canada, hasalso been nominated, in the short animation category.

It tells the story of five animals grappling with existential issues who end up in a group therapy session together.