Jean-François Lesage is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, most noted for his 2020 film Prayer for a Lost Mitten (Prière pour une mitaine perdue).[1]
The brother of filmmaker Philippe Lesage, his first credit as a filmmaker was a collaboration with his brother on the 2009 short documentary How Can You Tell If the Little Fish Are Happy? (Comment savoir si les petits poissons sont heureux?).[1] His feature debut was in 2013 with A Mile End Tale (Conte du Mile End).[2]
His 2015 film A Summer Love (Un amour d'été) won the Grand Prize for National Feature at the 2015 Montreal International Documentary Festival.[3] He won special jury prizes at RIDM for The Hidden River (La rivière cachée) in 2017,[4] and for Prayer for a Lost Mitten in 2020.[5] Prayer for a Lost Mitten also won the Best Canadian Feature Documentary award at the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[6] and was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b Pat Mullen, "Nostalgia for City Life: Jean-François Lesage on ‘Prayer for a Lost Mitten’". Point of View, May 29, 2020.
- ^ André Duchesne, "Conte du Mile End: propos nocturnes". La Presse, December 3, 2013.
- ^ Odile Tremblay, "«Un amour d’été» et «Homeland» couronnés". Le Devoir, November 23, 2015.
- ^ Jordan Pinto, "Taming the Horse wins at RIDM". Playback, November 20, 2017.
- ^ Amélie Revert, "«L’Indien malcommode» et «Petite Fille» au palmarès des RIDM 2020". Métro, December 1, 2020.
- ^ Jillian Morgan, "“Prayer for a Lost Mitten,” “Stray” take top prizes at Hot Docs ’20 competition". RealScreen, May 15, 2020.
- ^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
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