Philippe Lesage (b. 1973, Saint Agip, Quebec), a distinctive Canadian documentarist, graduated from McGill University in Montréal and from Denmark's European Film College, where he later taught. He directed four feature-length documentaries that received a variety of foreign and domestic prizes, including a Jutra Award for best Québécoise documentary of the year (The Heart That Beats / Ce cœur qui bat, 2010).
He debuted in docs with Can We Live Together? (Pourrons-nous vivre ensemble?, 2006), followed by How Can You Tell If Little Fish Are Happy? (Comment savoir si les petits poissons sont heureux?, 2009), and Laylou (2012). He turned to narrative film with the psychological drama The Demons, screened in competition at the San Sebastián IFF and honored at the festivals in Toronto, San Francisco, Budapest, and elsewhere, and Copenhague A Love Story which will be released in 2016.
MFF Karlovy Vary
