Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
29e
Entretierra
Emanuel Licha
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Entretierra is a sound space between life and death, between presence and absence, neither quite one nor the other. It's a space apart, where those who have disappeared can still tell their stories, and hear the living who seek them out.
In Mexico, since the launch of the "war against drug trafficking" in 2006, the number of missing persons is estimated at over 112,000. Their families are organizing themselves to try to find them, dead or alive. Over time, these families have developed expertise in gathering information, reading soils and landscapes, archaeological excavation techniques, identifying bones, as well as in leading a militant struggle.
Film
29e
Estrellarse
Amadalia Liberté
Chile,
Audiovisual work that mixes various corporalities with sounds of aquatic and human nature, and invites the audience to immerse themselves in an erotic sensory experience. It was born from the sighting of more than 50 starfish stranded on the last rock that separates the sea from the sand, in contrast to the ways of life that Latin American dissidents adopt to survive within this fascist, neoliberal and heteronormative system.
Film
29e
Evening Escapades
Darcy Tara McDiarmid & Chantal Rousseau
Canada (Yukon), Animation
An adventurous rabbit undertakes an enchanted evening escapade through a mysterious forest trail. The rabbit encounters dreaming wolves, and other mischievous animals as he navigates a midnight mushroom garden.

Evening Escapades is a combination of animated elements and Super 8 footage that was shot in and around Ddhäl Ch'èl Cha Nän / Tombstone Territorial Park in Tr’ondëk Hwëtch’in territory in the Yukon, and then processed with plants harvested from the land
Film
29e
Familiar
Marco Novoa
France, Fiction
Steve is kicked out by his parents, who do not accept his homosexuality. Caroline, on the other hand, is struggling to mourn her motherhood as she accompanies Youri on on tour. Fate intersects, soon to be united, life and death.
Film
29e
Fauna Caruao
Giulia Jimenez
Netherlands, Venezuela, Fiction
Caruao, Venezuela. Over Easter, a group of friends develops unexpected desires and tensions, shaking up their vacation.
Film
29e
February Sixteenth Nineteen Forty-Seven
Jessica Miinguuaqtii
Canada (Unceded Territories), Animation
Inuk Elder Levinia Brown tells how she was born while her family was travelling by dog team across the open tundra. Hand-stitched cutout stop motion animation illustrates her oral history.
Film
29e
Filante
Marion Jamault
France, Animation
Every night, Paulette observes the same shooting star in the sky. She makes her deepest wish : to find her mysteriously missing pet rat. The days go by, but the animal doesn't return. Paulette wants to understand what's wrong with her star.
Film
29e
Fire Drill
Maximilian Villwock
Germany, Fiction
A young Ukrainian fulfils his dream of working on board a container ship, but the war at home and the dangers on board turn his coming of age into a crucial test.
Film
29e
Fleuron
Charline Dally
Canada (Quebec), Experimentation
Set against a backdrop of UK jungle rhythms, shimmering trance chords, and ethereal choir samples, “Fleuron” emerges from a place of “incandescent joy,” weaving together themes of desire, bliss, and the transformative power of fire. Teaming up with artist and director Charline Dally, the accompanying video is a mesmerizing collage of analog process and hypnotic textures. Featuring footage of de Lorimier herself and meditative scenes of glass-blowing, she evokes the sensual, hypnotic essence of fire.
Film
29e
Footsteps
Claudia Kedney-Bolduc
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Two women. Two generations. One passion. One is the first Irish world boxing champion. The other aspires to the title.