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Sylvain L'Espérance
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Born in Montreal in 1961, Sylvain L’Espérance studied film and visual arts. For the past 25 years, he has travelled widely, from Quebec to Mali to Greece. He has directed nearly a…
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Born in Montreal in 1961, Sylvain L’Espérance studied film and visual arts. For the past 25 years, he has travelled widely, from Quebec to Mali to Greece. He has directed nearly a dozen films that combine direct cinema with experimental research to explore reality through a poetic lens. His films question our relationships with outsiders and marginalized communities. They give voice to migrants, workers, artisans, sailors, fishermen, shepherds, the unemployed and the homeless. These voices are carried by street theatre, song and poetry and merge into a political cry that speaks the unspoken.
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2026
Nightmare's Advice
Movie Additional Photography
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2025
Marche commune
Movie Director
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2024
Archéologie de la lumière
Movie Director
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2021
Animal macula
Movie Director
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2020
The Song of Empedocles
Movie Director
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2016
Fighting Through the Night
Movie Director
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2014
Bamako, temps suspendu
Movie Director
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2012
Standing on the Edge of the World
Movie Director of Photography
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2011
St. Henri, the 26th of August
Movie Second Unit Director
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2009
Into the Delta
Movie Director
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2008
Précis du quotidien
Movie Director of Photography
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2008
Capturing Reality
Movie Self
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2007
Americano
Movie Producer
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2006
Un fleuve humain
Movie Director
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2003
Something like Immortality
Movie Producer
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2002
La main invisible
Movie Director
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2000
Avant le jour
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1997
Le temps qu'il fait
Movie Director
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1995
Paysage sous les paupières
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1994
Un film de cinéastes
Movie Director
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1992
Shadows of Spring
Movie Director of Photography
