Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
25e
A summer place
Alexandra Matheou
Cyprus, France, Fiction
Tina lives and works in Limassol, once a small seaside town in Cyprus which is now slowly becoming the oligarch paradise of the Mediterranean. Being both a player and a victim in this city transformation, Tina feels overwhelmed … until an extraordinary encounter changes her life.

Film
25e
A2
Maud Christiane & Tom Randaxhe
Canada (Quebec), Animation
A warm summer day. A tennis match. A crowd and one vacant seat— just one.

Film
25e
Affairs of the art
Joanna Quinn
England, Animation
How many obsessions can one family have? In Joanna Quinn and Les Mills’ Affairs of the Art, we reconnect with Beryl, the working-class heroine who not only reveals her own obsession with drawing but exposes the addictions of her eccentric family, which include pickling, screw threads and pet taxidermy.

Film
25e
Amani
Alliah Fafin
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
In this tale, halfway between reality and fantasy, a mysterious narrator tells us the story of Amani, a young boy passionate about dance. Amani’s innocence and joie de vivre open the narrator’s eyes to the humanity he had never really cared about before.

Film
25e
Amato
Romy Boutin St-Pierre
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Amato takes a look at the diversity in polyamorous models in the Quebecois landscape. Three unique and interrelated stories are relayed through performing arts.

Film
25e
Ang Pagpakalma sa Unos
Joanna Vasquez Arong
Philippines, Documentary
To Calm the Pig Inside is a contemplation on the effects a typhoon has on a seaside city. Myths are woven to try to understand how people cope with devastation and trauma. A girl divulges bits and pieces of her own memory of her mother and grandmother to tie in the feeling she felt visiting this ravaged port city.

Film
25e
Aniksha
Vincent Toi
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Aniksha is a young woman from the Indo-Mauritian diaspora. After her arranged marriage, she finds a job at a call centre, a blooming industry in Mauritius. There, she encounters her enigmatic supervisor and discovers a world of possibilities. This new world view places Aniksha between the choice of a traditional or a modern lifestyle.

Film
25e
BEST BITCHES FOREVER
Valérie Leclair
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
After Alex wanted to surprise Catherine for her birthday by taking everybody in the restaurant hostage, the two women are arguing about how they are going to use their psychic powers.

Film
25e
Babatoura
Guillaume Collin
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Benoit and Catherine, a couple in their late twenties, go to his parents' house for dinner. It is with surprise and apprehension that they learn that the whole family is invited for supper and that the evening may not go as planned!

Film
25e
Beast
Benjamin Nicolas
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
It’s Christmas Eve, Martin drives customers in his vehicle when suddenly, without any warning, his body begins to make uncontrolled movements.