Sylvain L'Espérance
- Known for
- Directing
- Birthplace
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
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
Marche commune 2025
Director
Archéologie de la lumière 2024
Director
Animal macula 2021
Director
The Song of Empedocles 2020
Director
Fighting Through the Night 2016
Director, Writer
Bamako, temps suspendu 2014
Director
Standing on the Edge of the World 2012
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Into the Delta 2009
Director
Un fleuve humain 2006
Director
La main invisible 2002
Director
Le temps qu'il fait 1997
Director
Un film de cinéastes 1994
Director
Shadows of Spring 1992
Director of Photography, Director
Nightmare's Advice 2026
Additional Photography
St. Henri, the 26th of August 2011
Second Unit Director
Précis du quotidien 2008
Director of Photography
Capturing Reality 2008
as Self
Americano 2007
Producer
Something like Immortality 2003
Producer
Avant le jour 2000
Producer
Paysage sous les paupières 1995
Producer
Credits from TMDB.