Laurence Lévesque is a Canadian film director from Quebec. She is most noted as a two-time Prix Iris nominee for Best Short Documentary, receiving nods at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021 for Homeport (Port d'attache) and at the 26th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2024 for Perséides.
Her first feature documentary, Okurimono, was released in 2024. The film, about a Japanese Canadian woman returning home to Japan to clear out her mother's home in Nagasaki after her mother's death, went into production in 2022 under the working title Mama no himitsu.
Filmography
- Fitted Sheet (Drap contour) - 2018
- Homeport (Port d'attache) - 2019
- Perséides - 2023
- Okurimono - 2024
References
- Mehdi Balamissa, "RIDM 2023: Perséides (by Laurence Lévesque) | Interview". Film Fest Report, November 23, 2023.
- Charles-Henri Ramond, "La déesse des mouches à feu en tête des nominations". Films du Québec, April 26, 2021.
- Éric Lavallée, "Prix Iris 2024: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person Leads “Quebec Oscars” Noms". Ioncinema, October 9, 2024.
- "OKURIMONO de Laurence Lévesque en compétition officielle à Visions du Réel et Hot Docs". CTVM, April 2, 2024.
- Angelica Babiera, "Metafilms feature doc launches production in Japan". Playback, August 9, 2022.
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