Director
Hervé Demers
Production
Les Films de l'Autre
Language
French
14 min, Fiction, Quebec, Canada, 2013
A short film loosely inspired by Lionel Groulx’s novella.
Synopsis
A peaceful life on a family farm. A cold, clear winter day. Nine-year-old Noémy is about to leave the carefree world of childhood behind.
Credits
Direction : Hervé Demers
Screenplay : Philippe Boudreau, Hervé Demers, Xavier Lechasseur
Direction of Photography : Hong An Nguyen
Sound Design and Editing : Claude Beaugrand
Artistic Direction : Josie-Anne Lemieux
Editing and Color grading : Hervé Demers
Cast : Noémy Petit, Claude Petit, Jérémy Dupré
Producer (ONF) : Johanne Bergeron
Production : Les Films de l’Autre
Financial Partners
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
Conseil des Arts du Canada
ONF (ACIC)
Spirafilm
Vision Globale
Hervé Demers
Hervé Demers is a photographer and a filmmaker living in Montreal, Canada. His first shorts have been selected by over 60 international festivals, gathering honours such as the Tamashii (“Soul”) Award at the CON-CAN Movie Festival in Japan and the award for Best Emerging Filmmaker at the 61st Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival in Canada. Since 2011, he is a member and administrator of Les Films de l’Autre, a production company owned by 28 directors who also act as producers of their own films. His latest short film The Name you Carry (2016) won several awards in film festivals. The International Short Films Festival of Lviv in Ukraine organised in 2016 a retrospective of his work.
The Name you Carry, 15 min, Fiction, 2016
A Shade of Grey, 14 min, Fiction 2013
The Grand Falls, 15 min, Fiction 2009
On Earth As It Is On Heaven, 21 min, Fiction, 2007