BIO

Max LL (Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis), is an award-winning composer and filmmaker who’s been crafting evocative musical works for picture for more than a decade. His music has been performed by Montreal’s Metropolitan Orchestra and is regularly featured in films, games and audio-visual projects around the globe.

Skillfully blending piano, guitars, lush string arrangements, ethnic instruments and found sounds he collects around the world, his compositions range from soft melody-driven underscores to rich and powerful cinematic orchestrations.

 
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More recently, Max has started producing and directing documentaries in order to bring to light important stories, realities and social issues, both at home and abroad. His first co-directed short film The Botanist has been screened at Hot Docs, TIFF Top Ten, AFI Docs and has won numerous awards including Best Short Film at RIDM (Montreal’s international Documentary Festival). Max's first co-directed feature film Far Beyond the Pasturelands has also garnered significant recognition, winning the New Vision Prize at RIDM, being screened at DOXA, and enjoying a theatrical release across Canada and in the UK.

 

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

The Botanist

Best Canadian Short – Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM)

Screened at Hot Docs, AFI Docs, TIFF ToP TEN

Best Short Film – Trento Film Festival

Best Short Film – Cervino Cinemountain

Best Short Film – Central Asian Documentary Film Festival

Best First Film – Festival international du film de montagne d'Autrans

Best Short Film – Festival gorniškega filma

Best Short Documentary – Lift-Off Film Festival

Music Awards & Nominations

Best Music - Spiritfarer – Canadian Game Awards

Best Sound (Nominee) – Far Beyond The Pasturelands - Iris Awards

Best Music (Nominee) – Far Beyond the Pasturelands - Iris Awards

Far Beyond the Pasturelands

New Vision Prize – Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM)

Best Canadian Feature – Junction North International Documentary Festival

Jury Prize – Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival

Selections:

DOXA Documentary Film Festival

Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival

This Human World International Film Festival

Jerusalem Anthropological Film Festival