Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
28e
Remember, Broken Crayons Colour Too
Shannet Clemmings & Ursa Kastelic
Switzerland, Documentary
Shannet, a Black Transgender woman from Jamaica, shares her journey of healing as she wanders the empty streets of a European city.
Film
28e
Sandwich Cat
David Fidalgo
Spain, Animation
David lives alone with his kitty, Sandwich Cat.It seemed like an ordinary day, but an unexpected visit will lead him to a crucial reflection to humanity.
Film
28e
Someone's trying to get in
Colin Nixon
Canada (Quebec),
BERTRAND (40), a Haitian asylum seeker, flees an immigration camp by the border to head in the direction of an isolated house owned by JESSY (32), a paranoid blue-collar worker.
Film
28e
Starlight Sojourn
Darcy Tara McDiarmid & Chantal Rousseau
Canada (Yukon), Animation
This animation, which is inspired by ancient Indigenous knowledge and traditional practices, features fish, birds, and animals majestically traversing a dreamlike night-time landscape in the Yukon under starlight. At times the animals convey a sorrowful transition between our world and the spirit world, which reflects upon the current state of species diversity risk and loss.
Film
28e
The Cactus of Klaus
Lydia Fine & Tony Blahd
United States, Documentary
Pioneering conceptual artist Klaus Rinke’s collection of ‘living sculptures’—an otherworldly Los Angeles cactus garden—inspires philosophical musings on his life in art, obsession with time, and his surprising, yet deeply felt connections with the cacti soul.
Film
28e
The Lemonade Stand - Making Medecines
Paul O'Bomsawin
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
The Lemonade Stand is a project about the relationship between Paul and his daughter Lyric in the context of their learning about plants and remedies. Through this project, Paul aims to provide a strong foundation for his daughter so that she can integrate and grow within her community. In this film, Paul and Lyric aspire to share the lessons they have learned along their journey with other children.
Film
28e
Then Comes The Body
Jacob Krupnick
United States, Nigeria, Documentary
When a video of kids dancing in the rain goes viral, it brings global attention to an unlikely ballet school outside Lagos, Nigeria. Now, Daniel Ajala -- who learned ballet over YouTube -- is training students to perform on the world stage.
Film
28e
Tournesol
Natalia Chernysheva
France, Russia, Animation
A sunflower like no other chooses to take a new look at his environment, he will discover a totally different universe…
Film
28e
Tête en l'air
Rémi Durin
France, Belgium, Animation
Alfonso, a young squirrel, always has his head in the clouds. He loves watching them and sometimes takes snapshots of them. His parents and friends find it hard to take his hobby seriously. But cloud-gazing is not always easy – Alfonso sometimes has to be as brave as some of the great explorers of our times...
Film
28e
UWD
Myriam Verreault & Brigitte Poupart
Canada (Quebec),
A poetic crossover in a ruined world where each one survives alone in the collective disarray. The bodies in movement, dance and physical prowess replace the word and embody and reveal bruised characters, haunted by a past that is sweeter than this crumbling world.