Hervé Demers

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Hervé Demers is a French Canadian filmmaker and photographer. His award-winning films were selected by over a hundred international competitions and festivals, including Hot Docs and Clermont-Ferrand. Retrospectives of his body of work were presented in South Korea, Ukraine and Morocco. He was a jury of numerous film festivals, including the 35th edition of the Busan International Short Film Festival (BISFF).

Filmography

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Art and Visual Culture (PhD) – University of Quebec in Montreal (2025)

  • Master of Fine Arts in Film and Media (MFA) – University of Montreal (2020)

  • Multidisciplinary Bachelor's Degree (BA) – Laval University (2005)

Awards & Grants (selected)

  • Audience Award – Best Short Film of the National Competition – Festival du Nouveau Cinéma – Canada (2025)

  • Canada Council for the Arts – Explore and Create Grant – Research and Creation (2024)

  • Canada Council for the Arts – Explore and Create Grant – Concept to Realization (2022)

  • Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec – Creation Grant (2022)

  • Canada Council for the Arts – Explore and Create Grant – Research and Creation (2021)

  • Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec – Exploration and Research Grant (2021)

  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada – Doctoral Fellowship (2020)

  • Quebec Research Fund for Society and Culture – Doctoral Research Scholarship (2020)

  • Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec – Creation Grant (2019)

  • Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Laureate (2017)

  • Grand Prize – Best Film – Tangier International Film Festival – Morocco (2017)

  • Grand Prize – Best Film – Festival du Film Court Francophone de Vaulx-en-Velin – France (2017)

  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada – Joseph-Armand Bombardier Graduate Scholarship (2017)

  • Quebec Research Fund for Society and Culture – Master's Research Scholarship (2017)

  • Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec – Research and Creation Grant (2016)

  • Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec – Research and Creation Grant (2014)

  • Canada Council for the Arts – Research and Creation Grant (2011)

  • Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec – Research and Creation Grant (2011)

  • Canada Council for the Arts – Research and Creation Grant (2008)

  • Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec – Research and Creation Grant (2008)

Lectures & Retrospectives

  • Laval University – Faculty of Social Sciences – Quebec City, Canada (2025)

  • National Library and Archives of Quebec – Collaborative Documentary Research-Creation (2024)

  • University of Quebec in Montreal – Media School – Canada (2023)

  • Chonnam National University – Gwangju, South Korea (2022)

  • Documentary Workshop – Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie – Moncton, Canada (2020)

  • Canadian Delegate – Culture Communication Forum of Korea – Seoul, South Korea (2019)

  • University of Montreal – Canada (2019)

  • Sungkyunkwan University – Seoul, South Korea (2018)

  • Chonnam National University – Gwangju, South Korea (2018)

  • Master Class – Tangier International Film Festival – Tangier-Tetouan, Morocco (2017)

  • Retrospective 2007-2016 – Kyiv International Short Film Festival – Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine (2017)

  • Artist Talk – REGARD International Short Film Festival – Saguenay, Canada (2017)

  • Retrospective 2007-2016 – Lviv International Short Film Festival (Wiz-Art) – Lviv Oblast, Ukraine (2016)

Juries (selected)

  • Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec – Media Arts – Documentary Program (2022)

  • Canada Council for the Arts – Media Arts – Explore and Create Program (2021)

  • Busan International Short Film Festival – International Jury – Busan, South Korea (2018)

  • Tangier International Film Festival – Fiction Jury – Tangier-Tetouan, Morocco (2017)

  • Gala Québec Cinéma – Iris Awards – Documentaries & Short films, Québec, Canada (2017)

  • Festival REGARD – De l’âme à l’écran – Intercollegiate Competition (RIASQ), Québec, Canada (2017)

  • Festival Colima de Cine – Mexican Competition – Colima-Villa de Álvarez, Mexico (2016)

  • Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec – Media Arts – Research and Creation Grants (2012)

  • Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec – Media Arts – Research and Creation Grants (2008)

Festivals (selected)

  • Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival – International Competition, France

  • Hot Docs – Canadian International Documentary Festival, Toronto, Canada

  • Busan International Short Film Festival – International Competition, South Korea

  • Mecal – Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival – International Competition, Spain

  • Festival du Nouveau Cinéma – National Competition, Canada

  • Festival REGARD – International Short Film Festival – National Competition, Canada

  • Hamburg International Short Film Festival – International Competition, Germany

  • Minimalen Short Film Festival – International Competition, Trondheim, Norway

  • Festival de Cine de Huesca – International Competition, Spain

  • DocsMX International Documentary Festival of Mexico City – International Competition, Mexico

  • Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival – International Competition, United States

  • Raindance Film Festival, London, United Kingdom

  • Gulf Film Festival – International Competition, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • New Orleans Film Festival, United States

  • Asiana International Short Film Festival – International Competition, South Korea

  • Psarokokalo – Athens International Short Film Festival – International Competition, Greece

  • Thess International Short Film Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece

  • Ankara International Film Festival, Turkey

  • Budapest Short Film Festival, Hungary

  • Singapore Short Film Festival, Singapore

  • Cinequest Film Festival, United States

  • Cape Winelands Film Festival, South Africa

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