LAND OF COLD
Documentary Short Film Contest 54 ED. 2026
Canada 2025 17'
Immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa have chosen to start their lives over north of the 49th parallel. Here, in the vast expanses of Northern Canada, they reflect on the challenges and splendors of a season they’ve never yet experienced: winter.
Hervé Demers
Hervé Demers is a French-Canadian filmmaker and photographer. He holds a PhD in Art and Visual Culture, specializing in post‑documentary practices. His award-winning films were selected by over a hundred international competitions and festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand, Hot Docs and True/False. 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.
TECHNICAL DATA
DIRECTION:
Hervé Demers
SCRIPT:
Hervé Demers
PRODUCTION:
Hervé Demers
EDITING:
Hervé Demers
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Vincent Biron
SOUND:
Simon Bellefleur, Olivier Calvert, Geoffrey Mitchell
CAST:
Afoudah Olaniran Apollinaire Cyr Loïc, Ankemah Cynthia De Adjoh, Guiro Abiba Somnoma Nadège, Fapa Nanfack Rodrigue, Thioube Yamar Mamadou
CONTACT:
festival@travellingdistribution.com