Hervé Demers (September 30, 1982), Quebec City & Montreal, Canada
EDUCATION
2005 Multidisciplinary Degree – Université Laval• Film Studies Certificate
• Film History and Aesthetics
• Film Production
• Image
• Sound Art
• Certificate of Individualized Studies in « Visual Communication »
• Graphic Design
• Drawing from Observation
• Photography
• Psychosociology of Communication
• Complementary Courses
• Art History
• Music History
• History of Photography
• History of French Literature
2002 Diploma of Collegial Studies in Plastic and Media Arts – Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon
• Visual Composition
• Painting
• Video Art
• Photography
GRANTS
2008 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec – Travel Grant – Tokyo, Japan2008 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec – Research/Creation Grant
2008 Canada Council for the Arts – Research/Creation Grant
2007 Forum Jeunesse de la région de la Capitale-Nationale – Distribution Grant
JURIES
2008 Jury Member – Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec – Media Arts – Category B – Research/Creation Grants2008 President of the jury – Closing event of the Media Arts Program – Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon
AWARDS
2010 Jury Prize – Best Short Film – Jaipur International Film Festival, Rajasthan, India2009 Special Jury Prize – Best Cinematography Award – Faludi International Youth Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary
2008 Tamashii Award "Soul Award" – The CON-CAN Movie Festival, Japan
2008 Special Award – Emerging Filmmaker – 61st Golden Sheaf Awards, Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival, SK, Canada
2007 Jury Prize – Best Narrative Fiction Short – Rockport Film Festival, TX, United States
2007 Jury Prize – Best Independent Film & Best Independent Scenario – Canadian International Film/Video Festival, ON, Canada
FILMOGRAPHY
2009 Le Grand Sault (The Grand Falls) (35mm / video) – 15 min.Production, Direction, Screenwriting, Cinematography
Financial Partners: Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Canada Council for the Arts,
National Film Board of Canada (FAP), Spirafilm
2007 Sur la terre comme au ciel (On Earth as It is In Heaven) (35mm / video) – 21 min.
Production, Direction, Screenwriting, Cinematography, Sound Design
Financial Partners: National Film Board of Canada (FAP), Technicolor (MTL),
Forum jeunesse de la région de la Capitale-Nationale
SCREENINGS
2010 Singapore Short Film Festival, SingaporeOpen Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany
Rhode Island International Film Festival, United States
Budapest Short Film Festival, Hungary
Festival « A Film For Peace », Medea, Italy
Indianapolis International Film Festival, United States
Athens Video Art Festival, Greece
Okanagan International Film Festival, British Columbia, Canada
Ankara International Film Festival, Turkey
Cape Winelands Film Festival, South Africa
Cégep de Granby – Haute-Yamaska, Québec, Canada
Jaipur International Film Festival, India
Videoformes Clermont-Ferrand, France
Skepto International Film Festival, Italy
2009 Tirana International Film Festival, DIGIART Competition, Albania
The Stepping Stone Film Festival, Chennai, India
Faludi Ferenc Akadémia, Budapest, Hungary
Cinequest Film Festival, United States
Cleveland International Film Festival, United States
2008 Akbank Short Film Festival, Turkey
COR-10 Coruña Tendencies, Spain
Anchorage International Film Festival, Alaska, United States
Miami Short Film Festival, United States
Madurai Film Festival, India
Platformavideo08 International Film Festival, Athens, Greece
Festival du film de Saint-Sévérin, Beauce, Canada
Reggio Film Festival International Short Film Contest, Italy
Flyway Film Festival, United States
Strasbourg International Film Festival, France
Budapest Short Film Festival, Hungary
Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany
Vidéaste recherché•e, Québec, Canada
Anonimul International Independent Film Festival, Romania
YoungCuts Film Festival, Canada
Malescorto International Short Film Festival, Italy
CON-CAN Movie Festival, Japan
Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival, Canada
Cinéma Le Clap, Québec, Canada
Maison de la culture Frontenac, Montréal, Canada
Okanagan Film Festival, Kelowna Art Gallery, Canada
Delta International Film and Video Festival, United States
Hyderabad International Film Festival, India
2007 Canadian International Annual Film/Video Festival, Canada
Karachi International Film Festival, Pakistan
Whistler Film Festival, Canada
Rockport Film Festival, United States
Short Cuts Cologne, International Competition, Germany
MEDIA
2010 Hindustan Times, Second Jaipur Int. Film Festival Concludes (February 1st)
2009 Télé-Québec, Ça manque à ma culture, Selections made by the production team, hosted by Serge Postigo (Jan. 26th)
2009 CION FM, 90.9, De passage, radio interview by Yves Houde (January 21st)
2009 CKIA, 88.3, L’impromptu, a sociocultural daily program, radio interview by Bryan St-Louis (January 20th)
2009 Radio-Canada, Le téléjournal Québec, TV interview by Alexandra Duval together with Paul Hébert (January 19th)
2009 CKRL, 89.1, Avant 9h, tout est possible, radio interview by Raymond Poirier (January 19th)
2009 Radio-Canada, première chaîne 106.3, Un dimanche à Québec, radio interview by Michel Lamarche (January 18th)
2009 CKRL, 89.1, Syracuse, radio interview by Denys Lelièvre (January 18th)
2009 Journal de Québec, Sur la terre comme au ciel honoré à Tokyo, by Denise Martel (January 17th)
2009 Voir.ca, Hervé Demers, un réalisateur de Québec, est honoré au Japon, by Iris Gagnon-Paradis (January 16th)
2009 Québec Hebdo, Un projet dont Hervé Demers se souviendra longtemps, by Frédérick Masson (January 13th)
2009 Radio-Canada, première chaîne 106.3, Retour sur le monde, radio interview by Diane Martin (January 13th)
2009 Magazine Le Clap, Sur la terre comme au ciel - Portrait d’un tournage, by Pierre Blais (April)
MISCELLANEOUS
2010 Lecture – Cégep de Granby – Haute-Yamaska, Québec, Canada2010 Arts mentoring project with photographer Bertrand Carrière
2005 Video production to promote The Language School at Université Laval (L'ÉLUL)
2003 Video recording of a conference given by philosopher Jean Bédard at the Faculty of Social Science at Université Laval
2003 Additional camera on "Manners of Dying", a feature film directed by Jeremy Peter Allen
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2009 Institut national de l’image et du son – Taxation for the self-employed worker in film and television2009 Institut national de l’image et du son – Film distribution
2008 Main Film – Profession: Independent Filmmaker
2007 Main Film – Production Budget
2007 Les films de l’Autre – Film Management
2007 Les films de l’Autre – Financing Structure
2007 Les films de l’Autre – Film Production Budget
2007 Main Film – Grant Writing Workshop (Art Councils)
2007 Main Film – Independent Distribution