A SHADE OF GREY

A film by Hervé Demers

Directed by

Hervé Demers

Language

French

Produced by

Les Films de l'Autre

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.   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)