Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
28e
Dazed beauty / Love Bailey: The manifest of the Scarlet Woman
Joseph Wilson
England, Experimentation
A portrait of queer trans superstar, Love Bailey.
Film
28e
Des rêves en bateaux papiers
Samuel Suffren
Haiti, Fiction
Special mention of the Jury Award

Edouard has been living in Port-au-Prince alone with his daughter Zara for five years. Since his wife left, he and his daughter have received only a cassette from her, and that was a long time ago. After years of absence, what can we expect from a distant love ?
Film
28e
Dildotectonics
Tomás Paula Marques
Portugal, Fiction
Short & Queer Award winning film offered by Fierté MTL

In this day and age, Rebeca attempts to create a collection of non-phallic ceramic dildos. During the Inquisition, Josefa finds a dildo that is used in their forbidden-love relationship with Maria. Although in different timelines, the paths of Rebeca and Josefa end up crossing each other.
Film
28e
Drag is my ecstasy
Joseph Wilson
England, Documentary
Drag Is My Ecstasy explores the lives of three young men, in and out of drag.
Film
28e
Du Bist So Wunderbar
Leandro Goddinho
Brazil, Germany, Fiction
On the day thousands of people go to the streets protesting unaffordable rents in Berlin and the abolishment of the rental cap law, a gay Brazilian immigrant who was just kicked out of his apartment struggles to find a new home while his personal life falls apart as well as the city around him. Winner of the Silver Leopard at the 76th Locarno Film Festival.
*Caution this film contains pornographic images*
Film
28e
Déjà Nu
Rolf Hellat
Senegal, Switzerland, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Experimentation
Voices, rhythms, existences in nature and civilization intertwine into an audiovisual poem about the body, the mind and finitude.
Film
28e
EarthWorm
Phillip Barker
Canada (Ontario), Experimentation
Canadian Grand Priz winning film offered by the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi and MTL Grandé

EarthWorm brings together elements of modern dance, experimental film, and sc-fi to create a modern cautionary tale.
Sean’s mission on Earth is to help humans survive extinction. However, confronted with ‘Earth’s pointless gravity’, Sean’s body weakens. He seeks the help of a domesticated horse, who introduces him to poetry. He continues to collect samples: animals, worms, and the very children who have befriended him.
Film
28e
Entre las sombras arden mundos
Ismael Garcia Ramirez
Colombia, Fiction
Tired of her life with her husband, a woman decides to leave her home to spend a night of euphoria with her son and a group of friends.
Film
28e
Entropy
Inuk Jørgensen
Greenland, Documentary
Inuit folklore has always dealt with community and drew inspiration from the immediate environment—the ice, sea, and land. As a people, we thrived in proximity to the Arctic ice, yet what happens now, as the ice is disappearing, will affect not just the Inuit communities of the far North, but everyone. Told from an Indigenous perspective and intertwined with Greenlandic folklore the film explores the decades old relationship between Inuit of Greenland and the ice cap, set against the backdrop of the current climate crisis.
Film
28e
Et eksempel: Dem på gulvet
Selma Sunniva
Denmark, Fiction
Special mention of the Quebec Critic Award AQCC
Jury Award winning film
offered by Guilde Canadienne des réalisateurs, Post-Moderne and Cinéma Moderne

A typical evening shift at a psychiatric facility goes horribly wrong for an overworked nurse.