Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
28e
Médium Saignant
Marie-Esther Durocher
Canada (Quebec), Animation
In an autobiographical movie, Marie-Esther has just arrived in the Yukon. After sneezing, her nose began to bleed very intensely. She started panicking and made questionables decisions.
Film
28e
Météores
Agnès Patron & Morgane Le Péchon
France, Animation
On a cool summer night, animals with eyes full of light leave the forest to venture into the alleys of a suburban neighbourhood. Four children sneak out of their beds, and stars begin to fall from the sky. By the morning everything will have changed, but for now let's run!
Film
28e
Nun or Never!
Heta Jäälinoja
Finland, Animation
A nun digs a man up from the ground and loses her grip on everyday life. Can secrets and harmony coexist?
Film
28e
O Gün Bu Gündür, Uçuyorum
Aylin Gökmen
Switzerland, Documentary
A 60-year-old man, who grew up in a nomadic tribe in the mountains of southeast Turkey, recalls moments from his youth.
Film
28e
Os Animais Mais Fofos e Engraçados do Mundo
Renato Sircilli
Brazil, Fiction
Jorge is 70 years old and is one of the most capricious and dedicated janitors at the Paradise Motel, except for a single detail: he secretly records the audios of the room’s guests. Selling these audios to Alberto earns Jorge an extra income; they also bring him some sort of affection, even though he no longer remembers what his own pleasure sounds like.
Film
28e
Outside Center
Eli Jean Tahchi
Germany, Canada (Quebec),
After finding community on a rugby team in Munich, Jamaican-born Desmond tackles life by embracing his identity.
Film
28e
Oyu
Atsushi Hirai
Japan, Fiction
It is the last day of the year and night falls on the small town of Toyama, Japan. A man who has come to the public baths to retrieve a forgotten object finds an old but valid ticket and lets himself be tempted. Among clouds of vapor and the gestures and conversations around him, a simple bath slowly becomes an invitation to existential reflection.
Film
28e
Peut-être pour toi
Alexander Ophaug
Norway, Fiction
Ruben (11), Mia (6), and their mother live in a suburb outside Bergen, Norway. In the midst of hopelessness and everyday poverty, the desire for normalcy leads to a fateful shopping trip and a surprising theft.
Film
28e
Poisson-globe
Julia Ocker
Germany, Animation
In an ocean full of big, bad fish, the pufferfish is trying to seem as big and strong as possible.
Film
28e
Princesse Aubergine
Dina Velikovskaya
Germany, Animation
A king and a queen have almost everything, but something is missing. Desperate as they are, they search for the perfect seed to grow a child, but the only thing flourishing is their garden.