Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
22e
L'absence
Hawa Aliou N'Diaye
Senegal, Mali, Documentary
My father spent his retirement within the four walls of the mosque. He departed from the family. I rarely saw him at home. His absence has disrupted my childhood. Today he is no more, but I feel his spirit haunts me wherever I go.
Film
22e
L'appartement
Justine Gauthier
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
For the first time after she got a divorce, a mother gets to welcome her two children in her new and humble apartment. Her son’s turbulent behavior and her daughter’s questions create a strange atmosphere of tension and tenderness during the weekend.
Film
22e
La bouche
Camilo Restrepo
France, Experimentation
A man learns his daughter has been brutally murdered by her husband. Time stands still as he oscillates between the need for solace and his urge for revenge. A musical featuring Guinean percussion master, Mohamed Bangoura, “Red Devil”, loosely based on his own story.
Film
22e
La chasse
Alexey Alekseev
France, Animation
The disappointments of a short-sighted and harmless hunter who took with him by mistake a rabbit instead of his dog to go hunting in the forest. No animal has been injured...
Film
22e
La face cachée du père Noël
Laurent Pantaléon
France, Fiction
On Christmas Eve morning, Christian, an unemployed father, comes to realize that there is not a single present under the Christmas tree. Seeing his limited budget, he resolves to go downtown to sell a rooster and two hens in order to make his 9-year-old daughter happy.
Film
22e
La forêt
Hugo Lachance
Canada (Quebec), Animation
Music video of the song La forêt by WD-40 taken from the album La nuit juste après le déluge... A handmade animation film in rotoscopy on this dreamlike world.
Film
22e
La frontière
Félix Lamarche
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Film
22e
La licorne
Rémi Durin & Modif
France, Belgium, Animation
One day, a little king was walking in the forest and spied an extraordinary creature, white as snow and fast as the wind. The little queen manages to bring the unicorn to the castle. The mythical beast, although well cared for, gets sick. What could make her better?
Film
22e
La madre buena
Sarah Clift
Mexico, United Kingdom, Fiction
A Mexican mother embarks upon an epic journey across land and through her politics, to find her son’s birthday request - a Donald Trump piñata.
Film
22e
La maison du hérisson
Eva Cvijanovic
Canada (Quebec), Croatia, Animation
In a lush and lively forest lives a hedgehog. He is respected and envied by the other animals. However, Hedgehog's unwavering devotion to his home annoys a quartet of insatiable beasts. Together, they march off towards Hedgehog's home and spark a tense and prickly standoff.