"the demons" premièred at san sebastian international film festival in official competition. it has since been selected in more than 40 festivals around the world and has won several awards. "the demons" was selected in guy lodge's top ten films of 2015 in "variety" and in the "toronto international film festival" canada's top ten. the quebec film critic association honoured the film with its two annually awards: best canadian film of 2015 and best film from the international competition of the montreal film festival of new cinema.