Nationality Canadian | Years active 2000s-present | |
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Occupation film director, screenwriter Movies The Demons, Copenhague A Love Story Nominations Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture, Canadian Screen Award for Best Achievement in Direction Similar Vassili Schneider, Victoria Diamond, Pascale Bussières, Laurent Lucas, Bénédicte Décary | ||
Philippe Lesage is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec. Originally a documentary filmmaker, he moved into narrative feature filmmaking in the 2010s with the films Copenhague: A Love Story and Les Démons.
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Born in Saint-Agapit, Quebec and raised in Longueuil and Montreal, Lesage studied at McGill University and the European Film College. His first documentary film, Pourrons-nous vivre ensemble?, was released in 2006. He won a Jutra Award for Best Documentary in 2012 for Ce cœur qui bat.
Les Démons premièred at San Sebastian International Film Festival in Official Competition. It has since been selected in more than 40 festivals around the world and has won several awards.
Philippe Lesage has also taught documentary filmmaking at the European Film College.
Les Démons is selected in Guy Lodge's Top Ten Films of 2015 in Variety (Magazine) and in the Toronto International Film Festival Canada's Top Ten.
The Quebec Film Critic Association honours the film with its two annually awards: Best Canadian film of 2015 and Best Film from the International Competition of the Montreal Film Festival of New Cinema.
In April 2016, Les Démons receives the Breaking The Waves award for Best Film at the Titanic International Film Festival of Budapest.
In May 2016, Les Démons receives the Golden Gate New Directors Prize at The San Francisco International Film Festival.