Philippe Léonard is a director, cinematographer and projection designer for concerts who has worked with Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Cigarettes After Sex and Elisapie. Crafting images using film, analog video and digital technologies, he strives to create unique visual textures. His work is located at the crossroads of expanded cinema and experimental documentary practices, and has been presented in major international events and other exhibition venues (Anthology Film Archive, Galerie Michel Journiac, Cineteca di Bologna, Festival du nouveau cinéma, etc.).
On March 27, 2021, Godspeed You! Black Emperor invited fans to a virtual album event, officially presenting its concert film projections for the first time in the band’s 25-year history. GY!BE filmmakers/projectionists Karl Lemieux and Philippe Leonard set up their six 16 mm analog projectors in an empty Cinema Imperial, in Montréal, spooling dozens of film loops and short reels for a hallmark ...
Repeated gestures of panoramic representation become abstraction. This film takes place on the Kondiaronk Belvedere where people come to see the Montreal skyline and its surrounding landscape.
On March 27, 2021, Godspeed You! Black Emperor invited fans to a virtual album event, officially presenting its concert film projections for the first time in the band’s 25-year history. GY!BE filmmakers/projectionists Karl Lemieux and Philippe Leonard set up their six 16 mm analog projectors in an empty Cinema Imperial, in Montréal, spooling dozens of film loops and short reels for a hallmark ...
Repeated gestures of panoramic representation become abstraction. This film takes place on the Kondiaronk Belvedere where people come to see the Montreal skyline and its surrounding landscape.