Person

Sylvain L'Espérance

Directing · 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 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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  Nightmare's Advice

  Additional Photography

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  Americano

  Producer

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  Marche commune

  Director

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  Standing on the Edge of the World

  Director of Photography

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  La main invisible

  Director

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  Something like Immortality

  Producer

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  Un fleuve humain

  Director

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  Le temps qu'il fait

  Director

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  Shadows of Spring

  Director of Photography

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  Into the Delta

  Director

• 2026Nightmare's AdviceAdditional Photography
• 2025Marche communeDirector
• 2024Archéologie de la lumièreDirector
• 2021Animal maculaDirector
• 2020The Song of EmpedoclesDirector
• 2016Fighting Through the NightDirector
• 2014Bamako, temps suspenduDirector
• 2012Standing on the Edge of the WorldDirector of Photography
• 2011St. Henri, the 26th of AugustSecond Unit Director
• 2009Into the DeltaDirector
• 2008Précis du quotidienDirector of Photography
• 2008Capturing RealitySelf
• 2007AmericanoProducer
• 2006Un fleuve humainDirector
• 2003Something like ImmortalityProducer
• 2002La main invisibleDirector
• 2000Avant le jourProducer
• 1997Le temps qu'il faitDirector
• 1995Paysage sous les paupièresProducer
• 1994Un film de cinéastesDirector
• 1992Shadows of SpringDirector of Photography