Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
28e
Battery Mommy
Seungbae Jeon
South Korea, Animation
Battery Mommy manages various stuffs in the nursery, such as soap bubble guns, cameras, and thermometers. During the children's nap time, one winter day, Battery Mommy finds out the Christmas tree in the nursery is on fire. She urgently runs to the fire alarm to safely rescue the sleeping children…
Film
28e
Bay of herons
Jared James Lank
United States, Documentary
The power of nature and inevitability of changing seasons set the tone for this visual essay exploring the complex emotions of a Mi’kmaq man witnessing the destruction of his homelands.
Film
28e
Beurk !
Loïc Espuche
France, Animation
Yuck! Couples kissing on the mouth are gross. And the worst is, you can’t miss them: when people are about to kiss, their lips become all pink and shiny. Little Léo laughs at them, just like all the kids at the summer camp. But he has a secret he won’t tell his friends: his own mouth has actually begun glistening. And, in reality, Léo desperately wants to give kissing a try.
Film
28e
Boléro
Nans Laborde-Jourdaà
France, Fiction
Fran is in his hometown to rest and visit his mother. Following the jerky rhythm of Bolero, this journey along the paths of memory and desire will lead him and the whole village to a joyfully chaotic climax.
Film
28e
Brouillarta
Ingvild Søderlind
Norway, Fiction
Elliot, 10, spends his summer at his Grandparents’ in the Basque Country in France. As a Norwegian, he struggles to adapt, unlike his sharp-witted French cousins. Observing the brutal landscape and the mystical village, his anxiety grows. And who is Brouillarta?
Film
28e
Buffer Zone
Savvas Stavrou
Cyprus, United Kingdom, Fiction
Two young soldiers across enemy lines fall in love and find escape from their oppressive environments through music.
Film
28e
Bust
Angalis Field
United States, Fiction
A trans girl cop with the NYPD goes undercover to make a drug bust.
Film
28e
Cat and Moth
India Barnardo
Canada (British Columbia), England, Animation
A fluffy white cat wants nothing more than to find the most comfortable spot in the universe, but little does she know someone else has their eye on it too
Film
28e
Chat mort
Annie-Claude Caron & Danick Audet
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
What were Catherine and Louis thinking when they chose a cat with distinctive white spots? It would have been much easier to replace if they had picked the all-back one! Now, they will have to tell their daughter Sophie that Nugget’s dead. Unless…
Film
28e
Chien de sang
Louis Moulin
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Blood dog handlers have an essential role in Québec's hunting season. This movie is an encounter with a unique job that fluctuate between long awaits and intense researches into the Canadian forest.