Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
18e
Pierre et le sou
Denys Desjardins & Stéphane Thibault
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
On his 50th birthday, Peter's family reunite to share their love and appreciation... and to look into his piggy bank. A rare American penny worth a fortune is hidden inside his coin collection. Inspired by a true story, watch what happens when a mythical penny bewitches an entire family.
Film
18e
Pimatisiwin
Yan Abel Chachai
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Yan Abel and Jérémie Chachai: two generations reflecting upon the difficulties and hopes they have experienced.
Film
18e
Polaroid versus Roman Photo
Yves-Marie Mahé
France, Experimentation
A photograph of Charlélie Couture and his musicians becomes an exercise in animating still images through the medium of film.
Film
18e
Portrait
Donato Sansone
Italy, Experimentation
A slow and surreal video slideshow of nightmarish, grotesque and apparently static characters.
Film
18e
Pride
Pavel Vesnakov
Germany, Bulgaria, Fiction
Manol, a retired grandfather, is a patriarch of firm morals and fixed beliefs which he has always upheld in his household. But on this day he learns that the boy he's raised is gay. The life choices of his loved ones challenge his values in a battle he has lost by default.
Film
18e
Pryg-Skok
Leonid Shmelkov
Russia, Animation
Non scientific observations on the jumping fellow's life.
Film
18e
Que les choses changent
Martine Asselin
China, Canada (Quebec), Mockumentary
From the other side of the world, a fleeting glimpse into the mind of the filmmaker.
Film
18e
Quelqu'un d'extraordinaire
Monia Chokri
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
A 30-year-old scholar, intelligent and beautiful yet socially crippled, is forced to attend a bachelorette party where her quest for authenticity leads to an unavoidable confrontation with old acquaintances.
Film
18e
Retour en Amérique
Denys Desjardins & Isabelle Lavigne & Stéphane Thibault & Julie Perron
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Back to the New World follows the initiation of a group of French tourists into amerindian life. They come to Québec to live "like real Indians" for an exotic weekend. They are guided by Armand "Silver Scalp" Caron, a retired civil servant and the sole inhabitant of Innusit village. He introduces his guests to the pleasures and pastimes of the First Nations.
Film
18e
Rhapsodie pour un pot-au-feu
Charlotte Cambon De La Valette & Marion Roussel & Stéphanie Mercier & Soizic Mouton
France, Animation
Three generations of a family live under the same roof in a discordant choreography.