Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
28e
Rally
Santiago Menghini
Canada (Quebec), Animation
Two underground smugglers in a modified rally car transport an unwilling hostage across a contested border.
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
Return
Hofesh Shechter
Israel, Experimentation
There is no better way to celebrate being alive than through the lens of death. It gives real perspective on life, gives it meaning in a way. Return does not necessarily refer to a return from the dead, but “a way of bringing a person’s spirit back to life.
Film
28e
Richard Cardinal : le cri d'un enfant métis
Alanis Obomsawin
Canada (Unceded Territories), Documentary
Richard Cardinal committed suicide at the age of 17, after spending most of his life in numerous foster homes and shelters throughout Alberta. In this short documentary, Abenaki director Alanis Obomsawin weaves together excerpts from the young man’s diary to create a powerful tribute to his short life. Released in 1984, decades before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the film revealed the systematic neglect and abuse of First Nations children in Canada’s child welfare system. Winner of the Best Documentary Award at the American Indian Film Festival in 1986, the film was shown at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 2008 as part of a retrospective devoted to Alanis Obomsawin and continues to be broadcast worldwide.
Film
28e
Saint-Sacrifice
Jean-claude Leblanc
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
He had promised her love and faithfulness until death do them part, but Antoine, the widower, will be willing to lose his soul to be reunited with his wife on the other side.
Film
28e
Salut chasseur
Émile Dontigny
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
For the Frigon, hunting is a family tradition that forges and strengthens the bonds between the generations. For several autumns already, Louis-Henri has been tracking moose with his grandson, Sasha. However, at the dawn of his 81st birthday, old age reminds him that his career as a hunter is now behind him. For the first time this year, Louis-Henri will not go for the hunt and Sasha will leave without him. Goodbye, Hunter offers an intimate look at the transmission of a long family tradition.
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
Sexy Joel et son Wagyu
Sam Proulx & Cédric Senécal
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
A Wagyu cow is to be sold at an auction when Sexy Joel joins a group of buyers to kill them in order to get his cow back.
Film
28e
Shadow
Kamell Allaway
United States, Fiction
A young mother's shadow takes on a life of its own, terrorizing her and her daughter over the course of one night.
Film
28e
Sirius
Jean-Bastien Niyigaruye
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Sirius, a lone star in the form of a dark-skinned man, has collapsed to earth. What little space he found on his host planet, he works to provide food and shelter for him and his wife, Angèle. One winter's day, the firmament calls him back, Sirius takes the long way leaving his wife behind. Their journey tells of the fertility of this sojourn for Sirius. The story that's often overlooked, that of how the earth fed the sky.