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 Clermont-Ferrand (France), Mecal (Spain) and Hot Docs (Canada). Retrospectives of his body of work were presented in Morocco, Ukraine and South Korea. He was a jury of numerous film festivals, including the 35th edition of the Busan International Short Film Festival (BISFF).

Filmography

Education

  • Master of Fine Arts in Film and Media (MFA) – Université de Montréal (2019)

  • Multidisciplinary Bachelor's Degree (BA) – Art History, Film & Photography – Université Laval (2005)

Awards & Grants (selected)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • Viola M. Marshall Award – Best Film – Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA (2011)

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

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

  • Special Award – Emerging Filmmaker – Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival, Canada (2007)

Lectures & Retrospectives

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

  • Université du Québec à Montréal – Media School – Québec, 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)

  • Université de Montréal – Québec, 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

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

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

  • Raindance Film Festival, London, United Kingdom

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

  • 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

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

  • Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Montreal, Canada

  • 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

Group Publications

  • Obscura Land Photo Book, Volume 2: Subjectively Objective – Detroit, USA

  • Plateform Magazine, Issue 32 – Paris, France

  • Pistol & Fur, Book 01 50 – Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

  • Common Paper – Magazine for Young Photography, Issue #1: Spiritualism – Berlin, Germany

  • Dust & Dessert, Issue #4: Green (Landscape) – White Walls Studio – Sydney, Australia

  • Jet d'encre, revue de création littéraire – no° 17: L'arrière-pays – Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Press & Media