Jean-François Lesage is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, most noted for his 2020 film Prayer for a Lost Mitten (Prière pour une mitaine perdue).Pat Mullen, "Nostalgia for City Life: Jean-François Lesage on ‘Prayer for a Lost Mitten’". Point of View, May 29, 2020.
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?). His feature debut was in 2013 with A Mile End Tale (Conte du Mile End).André Duchesne, "Conte du Mile End: propos nocturnes". La Presse, December 3, 2013.
His 2015 film A Summer Love (Un amour d'été) won the Grand Prize for National Feature at the 2015 Montreal International Documentary Festival.Odile Tremblay, "«Un amour d’été» et «Homeland» couronnés". Le Devoir, November 23, 2015. He won special jury prizes at RIDM for The Hidden River (La rivière cachée) in 2017,Jordan Pinto, "Taming the Horse wins at RIDM". Playback, November 20, 2017. and for Prayer for a Lost Mitten in 2020.Amélie Revert, "«L’Indien malcommode» et «Petite Fille» au palmarès des RIDM 2020". Métro, December 1, 2020. Prayer for a Lost Mitten also won the Best Canadian Feature Documentary award at the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,Jillian Morgan, "“Prayer for a Lost Mitten,” “Stray” take top prizes at Hot Docs ’20 competition". RealScreen, May 15, 2020. and was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
In 2024 he released Among Mountains and Streams (Parmi les montagnes et les ruisseaux),François Lévesque, "«Parmi les montagnes et les ruisseaux»: s’exiler, créer, résister". Le Devoir, August 29, 2025. which was a Quebec Cinema Award nominee for Best Documentary at the 27th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2025.Fanny Bourel, "Une langue universelle en tête des nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, October 7, 2025.
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