Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
21e
Le miracle
Eric Piccoli
China, Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Is life as we know it a miracle? Every day, the functioning of a society is so complex that it is surprising that it does not collapse. The Miracle is a short film of personal thoughts on the near future across the rooftops of Shanghai. The text is freely inspired by the book Feasible Utopias, written by the architect and author Yona Friedman.
Film
21e
Le petit bonhomme de poche
Ana Chubinidze
France, Switzerland, Georgia, Animation
A little man lives in an old suitcase. One day he finds a new friend, an old blind man. The little man jumps into the blind man's pocket. With music, the pocket man helps the blind man walk and see things in the street. Both are very happy together.
Film
21e
Le plombier
Xavier Seron & Méryl Fortunat-Rossi Xavier Seron
France, Belgium, Fiction
Tom, a Flemish comedian used to make cartoons character’s voices, replaces offhand a friend doubler. He finds himself in the studio of a pornographic french speaking film. Catherine, an experienced actress, will be his partner. Tom will play the plumber.
Film
21e
Le silence fait peur aux brutes
Étienne Boulanger
Canada (Quebec), Experimentation
On a strip of land between two waters, a drummer spreads his rhythm in front of the immense landscape. The popping beats resound through the fjord. The echo resonates between heaven and earth and reaches a group of rowers energetically training on their rowing. Deploying a sublime collective effort larger than life, they try to get the maximum power from their hi-tech craft.
Film
21e
Les jours sans fin
Philippe Grenier
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Isolated in a country house, Simon questions his mother’s authority and resists bounderies. His behaviour influences his younger brother Colin, a sensible boy who is desperately seeking for a male role model. Colin will develop a perilous plan to try to stop Simon from running away.
Film
21e
Les misérables
Ladj Ly
France, Fiction
With a gun at his belt and a truncheon in his hand, Pento has just joined the Seine-Saint-Denis anti-crime brigade. With his teammates, he develops specific methods.
Film
21e
Limbo
Konstantina Kotzamani
France, Greece, Fiction
The leopard shall lie down with the goat. The wolves shall live with the lambs. And the young boy will lead them. 12+1 kids and the carcass of a whale washed ashore…
Film
21e
Mother Knows Best
Mikael Bundsen & Bast
Sweden, Fiction
So, he’s gay. This evening he’s introduced his boyfriend to his mum and later kissed him passionately goodbye in the car. He’s fortunate to have such an open-minded mother. Not everyone is as lucky. But she thinks it’s best that he doesn’t tell his father yet. And he certainly shouldn’t make it known in public that he’s gay. A lot of people are prejudiced. Not everyone is as understanding as his mother.
Film
21e
Meryem
Reber Dosky
Netherlands, Documentary
Meet commander Meryem, one of the Kurdish fighters against IS trying to reconquer Kobani. A look into the life of the female fighters who are playing a crucial part in this battle.
Film
21e
Sing
Kristóf Deák
Hungary, Fiction
Zsofi is struggling to fit in at her new school. Singing in the school's famous choir is her only consolation. But the choir director may not be the inspirational teacher everyone thinks she is. It will take Zsofi and her new friend Liza to teach their teacher a lesson.