Director
Sylvain L'Espérance
Montréal, Québec, Canada · 18 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 18
Marche commune
2025 · Director
Archéologie de la lumière
2024 · Director
Animal macula
2021 · Director
The Song of Empedocles
2020 · Director
Bamako, temps suspendu
2014 · Director
On DocAlliance Films
Standing on the Edge of the World
2012 · Director, Screenplay
On DocAlliance Films
Into the Delta
2009 · Director
Précis du quotidien
2008 · Cinematography
Capturing Reality
2008 · Self
On Philo
Americano
2007 · Producer
Un fleuve humain
2006 · Director
Something like Immortality
2003 · Producer
La main invisible
2002 · Director
Avant le jour
2000 · Producer
Le temps qu'il fait
1997 · Director
Paysage sous les paupières
1995 · Producer
Un film de cinéastes
1994 · Director
Shadows of Spring
1992 · Cinematography, Director