Somewhere between performance art and ethnography, film diary and the phantasmagorical, plasticity and the burlesque, the films of Matthew Lancit merge and break apart traditional categorization. They have won accolades at festivals around the world, and have been invited to New York (Museum of Moving Image, UnionDocs, Anthology Film Archives), the Kaohsiung Film Archive, the Musée Quai Branly,, the Jerusalem Cinémathèque, the Arsenal in Berlin, and have been chosen for preservation by the Library and Archives of Canada, and Argos centre for audiovisual arts in Belgium.
  • Director (7 Credits)
    16 Reasons Why I Hate Myself
    Experimental, Short
    Flying to Nowhere (1 minute)
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
    Funeral Season (ou La Saison des funérailles)
    Documentary
    PLAY DEAD!2024
    Documentary, Experimental, Feature
    Autour du canal2018
    Documentary
    Flying to Nowhere2017
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
    Flâneurs - street rambles2017
    Documentary, Feature
  • Writer (4 Credits)
    16 Reasons Why I Hate Myself
    Experimental, Short
    Funeral Season (ou La Saison des funérailles)
    Documentary
    PLAY DEAD!2024
    Documentary, Experimental, Feature
    Autour du canal2018
    Documentary
Vues Lumière
Flying to Nowhere
Rencontres du cinéma documentaire
Montreuil
2017
Long-métrage en compétition
PLAY DEAD!
Rencontres Internationales Sciences et Cinémas (RISC)
Marseille
GRAND PRIZE - Best Artistic Achievement
PLAY DEAD!
Pärnu Film Festival
Expériences du regard
PLAY DEAD!
États généraux du film documentaire
Lussas
PRIX DES LABORATOIRES DE RECHERCHE
PLAY DEAD!
Festival International Jean Rouch
Paris
International Competition
PLAY DEAD!
DocPoint Helsinki
Helsinki
Camera Lucida
PLAY DEAD!
DOK Leipzig
Leipzig
Prix du Premiere Film Professionnel
Funeral Season (ou La Saison des funérailles)
Traces de Vies - Rencontres du film documentaire
France
Best Ethnographic Film
Funeral Season (ou La Saison des funérailles)
Espiello Film Festival
Spain
Birth Date
February 19, 1979
Birth City
Toronto
Current City
Bordeaux
Hometown
Toronto
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