Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
22e
La peur de voler
Conor Finnegan
United Kingdom, Animation
A small bird who is afraid of flying tries to avoid migrating south for the winter.
Film
22e
La pureté de l'enfance
Zviane .
France, Canada (Quebec), Animation
Listening to a recently found cassette brings cartoonist Zviane back to her childhood. Based on a real recording, this hilarious film playfully explores a child’s imagination.
Film
22e
La queue de la souris
Benjamin Renner
France, Animation
In a forest a lion captures a mouse and threatens to devour it. This one offers him a market. Some well-placed words, an apparent submission and especially a thread will be enough for the smallest of the two not only to get out but also to coax the largest and figuratively.
Film
22e
La valse d'hiver
Gab Germano
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
After arguing, Dan and Élise decide to leave for the cottage as to spend time together. Once there, not only do they find a freezing cottage but they are faced with the unexpected presence of Jean-François and Françoise which upsets their reconciliation project.
Film
22e
La volière
Vincent René-Lortie
Canada (Quebec), Experimentation
Two lovers collide in a frantic ballet.
Film
22e
Laissez les bons temps rouler
Guillaume Fournier & Samuel Matteau & Yannick Nolin
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Through the Cajun poet Kirby Jambon's words, the filmmakers offer a joyful trip inside the Acadian identity in Louisiana.
Film
22e
Layam
Assaf Machnes
Israel, Fiction
Shai used to be a tough commander and Kedem used to be his tormented rookie. Things change.
Film
22e
Le cowboy du mont Laurier
Gabriel Vilandré
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Film
22e
Le cri du lambi
Vincent Toi
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
A man is drawn into the footsteps of François Mackandal, the historic Haitian slave leader. Following a man trapped in a curse which started centuries ago, this modern fable folds accounts of the past with the resilience of the present.
Film
22e
Le marcheur
Frédéric Hainaut
Belgium, Animation
The Walker works in a poultry farm. Disgusted by his despicable work, he gives up and follows the Indignant, diluting his anger in theirs.