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19 May Laurence Ly

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May’s #MainArtist, Laurence Ly, explores intimate memory through a work created from family archival material, which he invites us to discover here. His short film weaves through time, highlighting the traces left by family stories and their resonance within our collective identity. In addition to his participation in the #MainArtist forum, Laurence is an active member of Main Film and recently produced one of our (tri)Cycle projects.

Of Cambodian and Vietnamese origin living in Montreal, Laurence Ly is a director, producer and screenwriter with a master’s degree in Cinema and Moving Image from UQAM and a diploma in directing from L’inis. He directed Le petit panier à roulettes (2024), which won Best Short Film at several festivals (Les Percéides, Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue) and was a finalist for the Canadian Screen Awards for the performance of its actress. As a producer, he launched the short film Platanero (2025) at the Sundance and Regard festivals. He is also curator and programmer for the film section of Festival Accès Asie.

Filmography

  • La nuit du cantonnier, fiction short (in production)
  • Quand Janet dort, documentary short (in production)
  • Une brèche écarlate, experimental short, 9 min (2025)
  • Fausse neige, experimental short, 5 min (2025)
  • Le petit panier à roulettes, fiction shor, 18 min (2024)
  • Les Lauriers, fiction webseries, 54 min (2022)
  • Correspondance, essay short, 12 min (2022)

Fausse neige, a film by Laurence Ly.

Documentary, experimental, photo-archive | 5 min | Canada | 2025

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