Sylvain L'Espérance

Directing·Montréal, Québec, Canada

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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.

Film	Credit
Marche commune2025 · Director	Director
Archéologie de la lumière2024 · Director	Director
Animal macula2021 · Director	Director
The Song of Empedocles2020 · Director	Director
FFighting Through the Night2016 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Bamako, temps suspendu2014 · Director	Director
Standing on the Edge of the World2012 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography	Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Into the Delta2009 · Director	Director
Précis du quotidien2008 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Capturing Reality2008 · Self	Self
Americano2007 · Producer	Producer
Un fleuve humain2006 · Director	Director
Something like Immortality2003 · Producer	Producer
La main invisible2002 · Director	Director
Avant le jour2000 · Producer	Producer
Le temps qu'il fait1997 · Director	Director
Paysage sous les paupières1995 · Producer	Producer
Un film de cinéastes1994 · Director	Director
Shadows of Spring1992 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director