Tag: Philippe Lesage

2025 SODEC Coin for New Projects by Philippe Lesage, Annie St-Pierre & Charlotte Le Bon

Quebec’s SODEC (the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles) have opened the coffers backing the next wave of projects that will shoot next year...

2025 Prix IRIS: Rankin’s ‘Universal Language’ Leads “Quebec Oscar” Noms with 17; Lesage’s ‘Comme le feu’ Lands 8

Once again, the Gala Québec Cinéma's Prix IRIS (the "Quebec Oscars") has released a muddled field of nominations, awkwardly grouping standout 2024 films with...

Interview: Philippe Lesage – Comme le feu (Who By Fire)

The adults in the room may be battling for dominance, but in the end, it’s the one who considers the long-term consequences and deeper...

Who by Fire (Comme le feu) | Review

Into the Woods: Lesage Explores Wounded Masculinities In Vincent Sherman’s 1943 Bette Davis-led melodrama Old Acquaintance, the complex relationship between a pair of female frenemies...

Exclusive Clip: A Wee Bit of Tension in Philippe Lesage’s Who by Fire

Winner of last year's Grand Prix in the Generation 14plus section at the Berlinale and selected as part of the New York Film Festival...

2024 NYFF: Corbet, Tsangari, Baker, Lesage, Guiraudie Plus Surprise Devor & Loktev Titles in Main Slate

We got a nice sampling of Berlinale (e.g. the Golden Bear winner Dahomey) and Cannes (e.g. the Palme d'Or winner Anora) items with a...

2023 Venice Film Festival – 75 Predictions: Bertrand Bonello, David Oelhoffen, Tarsem Singh & Viggo Mortensen…

Sure we are about two weeks away from the official announcements for the films that will premiere on the Lido, but we are very...

2023 Cannes Film Festival Predictions – Un Certain Regard

Last year's Un Certain Regard was a vintage year. A trio of films in Return to Seoul, Corsage and Godland could have easily been...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #40. Untitled Philippe Lesage Project

The highest-ranked Canadian filmmaker on this year's list moved into production on his fourth feature film back in August of last year. After 2015's...

Interview: Philippe Lesage – Genèse

A thematic follow-up to his fiction debut The Demons (2015), Genèse is linked to Philippe Lesage’s earlier film in more ways than one -...

IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Philippe Lesage’s Top Ten Films of All Time List

Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? With this month's IONCINEPHILE we look back at...

IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Philippe Lesage – Genèse (Genesis)

IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging creator from the world of cinema. This month, we feature Canadian filmmaker Philippe Lesage...

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