Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
28e
Le Toit de Ben
Nicolas Bellavance & Amandine Géraud
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Autumn 1958. Val-David, the cradle of climbing in Quebec. Two daring young climbers embark on the ascent of a route that seemed unattainable, resembling a roof suspended in the air, defying all the conventions of the time. It only takes one attempt for the lead climber to leave his mark: henceforth known as "Le Toit de Ben".
Film
28e
Le Tout Petit Voyage
Emily Worms
France, Switzerland, Animation
John sees an extraordinary sight: Titi his parakeet opening the door to own his cage, all by himself! Yet the bird doesn’t fly away… So John decides to help Titi overcome his fears, as the pair set out on a tiny voyage.
Film
28e
Le matin, les copains
Marc Tawil
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
October. If most of alleys are quiet at 7 a.m., this is not the case Olivier's. As his neighbours show up, 9 years old Olivier organises a daily street hockey game, just before leaving for school.
Film
28e
Le temps des orages
Gabrielle Gingras
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Gabrielle spends every summer at the lake with her family. While her brother and sisters are enjoying the last days of summer, the youngest hides away inside, too afraid of the sun and the potential storms. Despite her best efforts, Gabrielle will be exposed to some brutal weather. With the support of her caring family, the young girl will gradually find the courage to face her biggest fears.
Film
28e
Les fleurs sauvages
Rodolphe Saint-Gelais & Thierry Sirois
Canada (Quebec),
In a detailed voicemail, a man explains how to use the old lawn tractor to mow the grass on his land without unbalancing the garden.
Film
28e
Les mains sales
Julien G. Marcotte & Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush
Canada (Quebec),
Film
28e
Marée noire
Chantal Caron
Canada (Quebec),
Sumber Tides is a cry from the species, a surge of survival in the face of the elements. A last breath of life before being swept away by the Earth, or perhaps conversely, a fight to hold on against all odds before extinction.
Film
28e
Motherland
Jasmin Mozaffari
Canada (Ontario), Fiction
In 1979, at the height of the Iran Hostage crisis, Babak goes on a trip to meet his fiancé’s parents and ends up confronting the realities of what it means to be an Iranian immigrant in a patriotic post-Vietnam America.
Film
28e
Mothers & Monsters
Edith Jorisch
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
For a very special celebration, a host-mother has gathered mothers and their perfect children for a great banquet. Orchestrated by the host-mother, the banquet is suddenly disrupted by strange disturbances. What is hiding behind the scenes of this perfect ideal world? Mothers and Monsters is a surrealist satire about modern-day maternity and the ideal of the family at a time where capitalism has reached its apex.
Film
28e
My name is Edgar and I have a cow
Filip DIVIAK
Slovakia, Czech Republic, Animation
Edgar’s ordinary life is disrupted by a newborn calf he sees on a tourist trip to a slaughterhouse.