Sylvain L'Espérance
Known For: Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- Nightmare's Advice ... (Additional Photography)
2025
- Marche commune ... (Director)
2024
- Archéologie de la lumière ... (Director)
2021
- Animal macula ... (Director)
2020
- The Song of Empedocles ... (Director)
2016
- Fighting Through the Night ... (Director)
2014
- Bamako, temps suspendu ... (Director)
2012
- Standing on the Edge of the World ... (Director)
2011
- St. Henri, the 26th of August ... (Second Unit Director)
2009
- Into the Delta ... (Director)
2008
- Capturing Reality as Self
- Précis du quotidien ... (Director of Photography)
2007
- Americano ... (Producer)
2006
- Un fleuve humain ... (Director)
2003
- Something like Immortality ... (Producer)
2002
- La main invisible ... (Director)
2000
- Avant le jour ... (Producer)
1997
- Le temps qu'il fait ... (Director)
1995
- Paysage sous les paupières ... (Producer)
1994
- Un film de cinéastes ... (Director)
1992
- Shadows of Spring ... (Director of Photography)