Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
27e
Tümpel
Lena Von Döhren & Eva Rust
Switzerland, Animation
When seagulls suddenly attack, one small herring finds itself stranded in a tidal pool. As it searches desperately for a way out, it discovers many other sea creatures here.

Film
27e
Un coup de trop
Rafaël Beauchamp
,
Film
27e
Une P'tite Game
Jean-Martin Gagnon & Jean-Martin Gagnon
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Film
27e
Une formalité
Simon Lamarre-Ledoux & Pierre-Marc Drouin
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Remy, henchman for East Montreal Cosa Nostra, is in charge to kill his partner Fernand, who speaks too much. The plan : Invite him to drink a coffe, win his confidence and do the dirty works in the alley. A very simple formality…
Film
27e
Va-t'en, Alfred !
Célia Tisserant & Arnaud Demuynck
France, Belgium, Animation
Alfred had to flee his country because of the war. Without housing, he wanders, from rejection to rejection. One day he meets Sonia, who offers him a coffee…
Film
27e
Varken
Jorn Leeuwerink
Netherlands, Animation
A group of animals hook up a power grid to the socket-shaped snout of one big, sleeping pig. The animals use the pig’s energy for simple things at first, but soon they render themselves dependent, in a city where every single thing – the useful and the useless – is automated… How long can that last?

Film
27e
Virga
Jean-François Leblanc
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Pascal suspects the worst when he reads the post of Jérémy, a former classmate. He immediately alerts the police, convinced that Jérémy is on the verge of attacking his ex-colleagues. Feeling that the police won’t do anything, Pascal decides to go help the young man himself.
Film
27e
Volver al Sur
Sofía Ayala
Germany, Fiction
Father is dead. Daughter and son carry his corpse south of the border. In spite of the risk this journey entails, they set out to burry him in the place they once called home. A migrant family story.
Film
27e
Wa Thakarina Wa Unthana
Ahmad Alyaseer
Jordan, Fiction
A father and mother are faced with the painful task of washing and shrouding their transgender daughter. Shrouding is an Islamic religious practice that is deemed obligatory to carry out upon death.

Film
27e
We Forgot About The Zombies
Chris McInroy
United States, Fiction
Two dudes think they found the cure for zombie bites.