Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
24e
Karv
Oskar Lehemaa
Estonia, Fiction
Leo decides to solve his balding problem with a mysterious hair growth serum. The dark liquid starts causing grotesque changes to Leo’s body.
Film
24e
Katatjatuuk Kangirsumi
Eva Kaukai & Manon Chamberland
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Eva Kaukai and Manon Chamberland practice the Inuk art of throat singing in their small village of Kangirsuk. Their mesmerizing voices carry through the four seasons of their Arctic land. Editing is interspersed with images of Johnny Nassak.
Film
24e
King Lajoie
Joannie Lafrenière
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
King Lajoie delves into the kitsch universe of an Elvis Presley impersonator who has been shaping his life around his idol for over 40 years. Through the prism of quirky characters, we are immersed into the story of Elvis Lajoie and his surprising fanaticism.
Film
24e
Kohannia
Mykyta Lyskov
Ukraine, Animation
Deep love has finally happened in Ukraine. The bald eagle, power animal of the United States, flies with a star-shaped cloaca over a Ukrainian city and drops an egg whose impact generates a rising nuclear mushroom. Things don’t look good in this country which is only beginning to try to find itself.
Film
24e
Krenk
Tommaso Santi
Italy, Fiction
In a multicultural classroom, Gianni gets the responsibility to take care of a new student joining his class the next day. He could never have prepared himself for what will come next.
Film
24e
Kuckuck
Aline Höchli
Switzerland, Animation
The skinny, young girl spends her time alone feeding pigeons in the park. But even they fly away from her. Suddenly, company turns up. But the beanpole feels uneasy about the new companionship, so she sets about going to a specialist for parasites.
Film
24e
La chambre
Sami Mermer & Houman Zolfaghari
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
In the midst of the sadness of exile, of the living wounds of wars, failures and solitude, two men, both strangers, unexpectedly find themselves face-to-face, somewhere, in a small room.
Film
24e
La distance entre le ciel et nous
Vasilis Kekatos
France, Greece, Fiction
Night, national road. Two strangers meet for the first time at an old gas station. One has stopped to gas up his bike, while the other is just stranded. Lacking the 22.50€ he needs to get home, he will try to sell him the distance that separates them from the sky.
Film
24e
La neige cache l'ombre des figuiers
Samer Najari
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Through the eyes of Salim, a newcomer to Canada, the film follows the journey of six immigrants. They eke out a living distributing advertising flyers.
Although they come from diverse backgrounds, they share a similar yearning for their homeland and approach their common daily concerns with a biting sense of humour.
Film
24e
La petite floride
Tim Bouvette
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Sam spend most of his summer at the skatepark, with his friend Max, practicing tricks, smoking weed. His main goal is to buy a camera to make a sponsored video. To find the money to do so, he decides to follow his friend to steal weed at a marijuana field.