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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.

Marche commune
2025

Archéologie de la lumière
2024

Animal macula
2021

The Song of Empedocles
2020
Fighting Through the Night
2016

Bamako, temps suspendu
2014

Standing on the Edge of the World
2012

Into the Delta
2009

Un fleuve humain
2006

La main invisible
2002

Le temps qu'il fait
1997

Un film de cinéastes
1994

Shadows of Spring
1992