About
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
Nightmare's Advice2026 · Additional Photography
Marche commune2025 · Director
Archéologie de la lumière2024 · Director
Animal macula2021 · Director
The Song of Empedocles2020 · Director
Fighting Through the Night2016 · Director, Writer
Bamako, temps suspendu2014 · Director
Standing on the Edge of the World2012 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
St. Henri, the 26th of August2011 · Second Unit Director
Into the Delta2009 · Director
Précis du quotidien2008 · Director of Photography
Americano2007 · Producer
Un fleuve humain2006 · Director
Something like Immortality2003 · Producer
La main invisible2002 · Director
Avant le jour2000 · Producer
Le temps qu'il fait1997 · Director
Paysage sous les paupières1995 · Producer
Un film de cinéastes1994 · Director
Shadows of Spring1992 · Director of Photography