Jean-François Lesage

Jean-François Lesage is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, most noted for his 2020 film Prayer for a Lost Mitten (Prière pour une mitaine perdue).

[1] 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?).

[2] His 2015 film A Summer Love (Un amour d'été) won the Grand Prize for National Feature at the 2015 Montreal International Documentary Festival.

[3] He won special jury prizes at RIDM for The Hidden River (La rivière cachée) in 2017,[4] and for Prayer for a Lost Mitten in 2020.