THE NAME YOU CARRY
17 min, Short film, Québec, Canada, 2015Directed byHervé Demers
Produced byHervé Demers
LanguagesFrench, Ukrainian
When Vlace is suspended for hitting a classmate, Sasha is called to come get his son at school and has no choice but to take him along on his delivery route.
Film details
Synopsis
When Vlace is suspended for hitting a classmate, Sasha is called to come get his son at school and has no choice but to take him along on his delivery route. During this intimate journey, we discover what provoked Vlace’s uncharacteristic act, as father and son find their way toward a new understanding.
Credits
Direction : Hervé Demers
Screenplay : Jean-Philippe Boudreau
Image : Hong An Nguyen
Art direction : Louisa Schabas
Editing : Hervé Demers
Sound conception : Olivier Calvert
Sound recording : Mélanie Gauthier
Production : Hervé Demers (Les Films de l’autre)
With : Sasha Samar, Vlace Samar, Gregory Hlady, Annette Garant, Guy-Daniel Tremblay
Financial partners
Conseil des Arts et des lettres du Québec
SODEC
ONF
Direction
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. Filmography The Name you Carry (2016 / 15 min) A Shade of Grey (2013 / 14 min) The Grand Falls (2009 / 15 min) On Earth as ITt Is on Heaven (2007 / 21 min)