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Archéologie de la lumière

Archéologie de la lumière (No dialogue)
Location
Fernand-Seguin screening room
Date
February 5th, 2025
Duration
71 min
Cycle
New releases

The mission of the Centre d'art et essai de la Cinémathèque québécoise (CAECQ) is to primary program Quebec-made documentaries and independent fiction, as well as international documentaries, animated and foreign films, while encouraging opportunities for meetings between the public and the artists. Its programming is presented in conjunction with the Cinémathèque québécoise’s under the label New releases.

Winner of the Special Jury Prize for National Feature Competition, 2024 RIDM

Archéologie de la lumière
Directed by
Sylvain L'Espérance
Language
No dialogue
Origins
Quebec
Year
2024
Duration
71 min
Genre
Documentary
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Archéologie de la lumière invites us into the heart of Minganie's landscapes in Quebec. A place surrounded by countless presences. Everything there is perception. Every perception emerges from the interplay between the observer's gaze and the living world: the trees, the moss carpeting the forest floor, the water winding through rocks, light filtered by the canopy, the sun's reflection on the restless sea, the northern lights dancing across the night sky. To perceive is to attune ourselves to the movement of air and wind, to the distant clouds gathering and heralding a storm. Everything is light. Everything is perception.

Archéologie de la lumière
Awards

Sylvain L'Espérance

Born in Montreal, Sylvain L'Espérance studied visual arts and film. He has directed a dozen films that combine direct cinema and experimental research to explore reality in a poetic lens. His films have been screened in many documentary festivals around the world. Intérieurs du delta won the Award for Best Director at the Festival dei Popoli in Florence (2010) and Sur le rivage du monde, the International Competition Award at the DOK.fest in Munich (2013). Combat au bout de la nuit has been selected in the Panorama section of the Berlinale (2017). Animal Macula won the Special Jury Prize in the National Feature Film Competition at RIDM 2021. Archéologie de la lumière is his latest film.

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