Somewhere between performance art and ethnography, the intimate and the burlesque, plasticity and the phantasmagorical, 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
    Funeral Season (ou La Saison des funérailles)
    Documentary
    Autobiography of my Diabetes2026
    PLAY DEAD!2026
    Documentary, Experimental, Feature
    Autour du canal2018
    Documentary
    Flying to Nowhere2017
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
    Flâneurs - street rambles2017
    Documentary, Feature
  • Writer (5 Credits)
    16 Reasons Why I Hate Myself
    Experimental, Short
    Funeral Season (ou La Saison des funérailles)
    Documentary
    Autobiography of my Diabetes2026
    PLAY DEAD!2026
    Documentary, Experimental, Feature
    Autour du canal2018
    Documentary
International Competition
Autobiography of my Diabetes
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
Oberhausen
2026
Vues Lumière
Flying to Nowhere
Rencontres du cinéma documentaire
Montreuil
2017
Best Ethnographic Film
Funeral Season (ou La Saison des funérailles)
Espiello Film Festival
Spain
Prix du Premiere Film Professionnel
Funeral Season (ou La Saison des funérailles)
Traces de Vies - Rencontres du film documentaire
France
Camera Lucida
PLAY DEAD!
DOK Leipzig
Leipzig
International Competition
PLAY DEAD!
DocPoint Helsinki
Helsinki
PRIX DES LABORATOIRES DE RECHERCHE
PLAY DEAD!
Festival International Jean Rouch
Paris
Expériences du regard
PLAY DEAD!
États généraux du film documentaire
Lussas
Feature-length Horror Competition
PLAY DEAD!
Macabro International Horror Film Festival
Mexico City
GRAND PRIZE - Best Artistic Achievement
PLAY DEAD!
Pärnu Film Festival
Long-métrage en compétition
PLAY DEAD!
Rencontres Internationales Sciences et Cinémas (RISC)
Marseille
Close Up
PLAY DEAD!
Bergamo Film Meeting
Bergamo
WINNER - Documentary Feature
PLAY DEAD!
Sanotrini Film Festival
Sanotrini
DOKUMUSE competition
PLAY DEAD!
DokuBaku IDFF
Baku
Best Documentary Award
PLAY DEAD!
Membrana Film Festival
Manchester
Special Documentary Award
Autobiography of my Diabetes
38th Herceg Novi Film Festival - Montenegro
HERCEG NOVI
Student Jury Prize
Autobiography of my Diabetes
Mutoscope
Lyon
Honorable Mention
Autobiography of my Diabetes
Adelio Ferrero Video Essay Award
ECHO: Into Archiving Filmmaking
Autobiography of my Diabetes
Beijing International Short Film Festival
Beijing
Video Essay Nominee
Autobiography of my Diabetes
Birmingham Horror Film Festival
Freak Arrow Award
Autobiography of my Diabetes
Ribalta Experimental Film Festival
Best Documentary Award
Autobiography of my Diabetes
Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival
Istanbul
Birth Date
February 19, 1979
Birth City
Toronto
Current City
Bordeaux
Hometown
Toronto
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