Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
22e
Bonfires
Martin Bureau
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Huge bonfires are lit by Protestants in Northern Ireland on July 12 each year, as part of the celebrations of the 1690 Battle of the Boyne. They are made from wooden pallets, tires, and garbage. To the Protestants, they are symbols of identity affirmation; to the Catholics, they mean arrogance and humiliation.
Film
22e
Boogie Stomp Pink
Stuart Pound
United Kingdom, Experimentation
A boogie dance performed by William & Maeva was downloaded from the internet and vertical sections taken from each frame arranged into 24 panels to show pattern and movement across each second.
Film
22e
Born Again
Jason Tostevin
United States, Fiction
When five amateur Satanists have their dark ceremony go terribly wrong, they must face the decidedly holy shit consequences.
Film
22e
Born in the Maelstrom
Meryam Joobeur
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Born in the Maelstrom tells the impressionistic journey of a young biracial woman named Rebecca as she struggles to find her identity in a world shaped by her black mother's painful past.
Film
22e
Breaker
Philippe McKie
Canada (Quebec), Japan, Fiction
In tomorrow's Tokyo, the technologically-enhanced body of a young mercenary hacker is overrun by a sentient data weapon. Wanted, the parasitic A.I becomes her only ally as she is chased across the city by those seeking to salvage it.
Film
22e
Bulletin spécial
Yousra Benziane
Canada (Quebec), Experimentation
Special Bulletin explores how lines have charted the course of our lives.
Film
22e
Buzzcut
Michael Marrero & Jon Rhoads
United States, Fiction
While Jane is in the process of having her head shaved, the apocalypse occurs and her barber dies leaving Jane's hair in a terrible state. Navigating into a crumbling world, fighting zombies and demons, she tries to find a hairdresser to finish her buzzcut.
Film
22e
Chamade
Nathanaëlle Vincent
Canada (Quebec), Experimentation
A free diving exploration throughout the maze of absence, Chamade tells the story of longing. Upset by the silence of the loved one, the narrator goes deep inside solitude. A short film made out of film archive from the National Film Board.
Film
22e
Chemin d'eau pour un poisson
Mercedes Marro
France, Spain, Colombia, Animation
A starry night in a poor district of Latin America. Oscar sleeps in his room when a sudden gust of wind wakes him up. From his window, he sees a little goldfish in a puddle of dirty water, out of breath.
Film
22e
Commodity City
Jessica Kingdon
United States, China, Documentary
Commodity City is an observative documentary that explores the daily lives of vendors operating in the world's largest wholesale market: Yiwu Markets in China. The film focuses on moments of tension between trade and individuality, between goods and the human beings who sell them.