Sylvain L'Espérance
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.
Le temps qu'il fait
(Director)
Un film de cinéastes
(Director)
Into the Delta
(Director)
Animal macula
(Director)
La main invisible
(Director)
Un fleuve humain
(Director)
Americano
(Producer)
Fighting Through the Night
(Director)
Fighting Through the Night
(Writer)
Bamako, temps suspendu
(Director)
Shadows of Spring
(Director of Photography)
Standing on the Edge of the World
(Director of Photography)
Standing on the Edge of the World
(Screenplay)
Standing on the Edge of the World
(Director)
The Song of Empedocles
(Director)
Shadows of Spring
(Director)
Archéologie de la lumière
(Director)
St. Henri, the 26th of August
(Second Unit Director)
Paysage sous les paupières
(Producer)
Avant le jour
(Producer)
Précis du quotidien
(Director of Photography)
Something like Immortality
(Producer)
Marche commune
(Director)