Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
23e
Le ver
Charles Grenier
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Inheriting the family home is a chance for Jules and his partner, Alice, to write their own page in his family history. But they are thwarted by a strange force that spreads insidiously throughout the house. Is nostalgia driving Jules into madness?
Film
23e
LeftOver
Yasaman Hasani
Austria, Animation
LeftOver is a poetic journey of the filmmaker Yasaman Hasani. Having grown up in post-revolutionary Iran, she has lived in Austria for many years. In an experimental arrangement made up of two parts of her childhood and adulthood, she offers the audience insight into her personal experiences of gender-specific stereotypes in these cultures.
Film
23e
Les baisers des autres
Carine Tardieu
France, Fiction
Sandra is going through a teenage crisis and spares no one and nothing from her sarcasm and criticism.
Film
23e
Les indes galantes
Clément Cogitore
France, Fiction
Krumping is a dance born in the Los Angeles ghettos after the riots of 1995. Through this performance filmed on the stage of the Opéra Bastille, Clément Cogitore creates a battle between urban culture and Rameau's music.
Film
23e
Les petites vagues
Ariane Louis-Seize
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
On family reunion day, Amelie feels out of place and lonely as her favorite cousin brings a lover over for the first time. Noticing their young passionate love, she allows her own fantasies to run wild, although some sensations are a lot more powerful than she thought.
Film
23e
Les sentiers battus
Guillaume Harvey
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Maxime, a rather cerebral blogger, is back in his hometown for the holidays. His father Jacques, a retired thrill seeker who's more the manual type, seizes the opportunity to get closer to his estranged son. His proposal: a father-and-son snowmobile ride.
Film
23e
Lettres de femmes
Augusto Zanovello
France, Animation
The nurse Simon repairs French soldiers with love letters.
Film
23e
Lucky Day!
Léo Wolfenstein
France, Fiction
Alone on a remote island, a plane crash survivor finally gets a chance to contact the outside world...
Film
23e
Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous
Mélanie Charbonneau
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
A woman-tampon joins a man-astronaut on a road trip to the Moon. Daniel is on a mission to scatter his mother’s ashes and Claude is hoping for her period to make a miraculous return. A modern tale that captures the fever dream of a first voyage to the moon.
Film
23e
Là bas
Nephtalie Bertin
Haiti, Documentary
Two mothers, Maricide and Lovely, live in Baie d'Orange. Their daily living is an ongoing battle for survival due to the lack of access to sexual education combined with their own personal beliefs.