Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
29e
Orbites
Sarah Seené
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Canadian Grand Prize Award winning film offered by the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi and MTL Grandé
International FIPRESCI Critic’s Award
winning film offerd by Bureau du Cinéma de Saguenay and SLA Location

Marie-Christine, who lost her sight some years ago, explores life in a particularly sensory way ,through her fingertips. Through her personal experience, she awaken her son's curiosity and sense of wonder about the beauty of the universe. Drawing from a constellation of highly textured analogue images and a rich tapestry of sound, Orbit journeys into the sensorial depths of Marie-Christine's memory, pondering the very essence of love and legacy.
Film
29e
Paroles en l'air
Roger Gariépy
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Alternate facts, half-truths, or false appearances, lies spread throughout the world, mysteriously carried by the ignorance of some or the credulity of others. Do we even know if the truth will ever come to light one day ?
Film
29e
Pastorale
Francis Leclerc
Canada (Quebec), Experimentation
All by himself in a spaceship in 2225, Antoine Corriveau lives alone and shares different intimate subjects with other isolated persons residing in other spaceships.

All those characters are memories and parts of Antoine himself. As the story evolves, the line between him and the others gets blurred until it collapses and leads to the spaceship's explosion.

Death is like a second chance, a memory, a futuristic projection, or a parallel world.
Film
29e
Maybe Elephants
Torill Kove
Norway, Canada (Quebec), Animation
Three rebellious teenage daughters, a restless mother, a father struggling with potatoes, and maybe some elephants, find themselves in Nairobi. What could possibly go wrong?
Film
29e
Pidikwe
Caroline Monnet
Canada (Quebec), Experimentation
Shot entirely on 16mm film to recapture the aesthetics of the Roaring Twenties, Pidikwe mixes indigenous traditional and contemporary dance to create a unique object that can blur the boundaries between cinema, work of art and performance. Dance and language are linked to a system of knowledge. These are healing tools rooted in community.
Film
29e
Pie dan lo
Kim Yip Tong
France, Mauricius, Animation
On July 25, 2020, the bulk carrier MV Wakashio ran aground on the reef on the east coast of Mauritius. 12 days later, oil began to spill, causing the worst ecological disaster ever to occur in the region.
Film
29e
Pippa et Léo
Abeille Tard
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Pippa lives in a supervised home for young mothers struggling to adapt, where she must prove her ability to fulfill her parental role. Over the course of one night, and despite the curfew imposed on her, Pippa leaves the shelter with her baby.
Film
29e
Projekt Pappa
Camilla Jämting
Estonia, Norway, Sweden, Documentary
Camilla's dad is a pick-up artist who teaches other men how to succeed on Tinder, and who seeks self-development through ice-cold topless walks inspired by Wim Hof. Camilla is an artist and a feminist, and there's not much she and her father agree on. How can they maintain a strong bond?
Film
29e
Quiero estrellarme en seco contra el parabrisas del amor
Fernanda Tovar
Mexico, Experimentation
La Güera, a young rapper from Mexico City, struggles with her ability to rap after a heartbreak. Despite attending freestyle sessions with friends, she struggles to regain her lyrical prowess. Seeking solace, she turns to a forest-dwelling shamanic friend for unconventional healing. Through a transformative encounter with forest crickets, she confronts her pain and emerges with newfound liberation.
Film
29e
Quota
Job, Joris & Marieke
Netherlands, Animation
When every global citizen is required to have their CO2 emissions tracked, it makes little impact…that is, until they discover the consequences of reaching their designated QUOTA