Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
30e
La Légende du colibri
Morgan Devos
France, Animation
A fire breaks out in the Amazon rainforest, and frightened animals leave their habitat to take refuge on the other bank. Only a little hummingbird persists in fighting the fire when he spots a sloth and its young trapped in the flames.
Film
30e
La Pasión
Lucas Vignale & Lorenzo Ferro
Argentina, Fiction
In a small rural town on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, a man lives crushed by loneliness, unable to bear the feeling of being alive. Clinging to miracles, he becomes obsessed with the figure of Jesus and wishes to become him.
Film
30e
La Retaguardia
Olivier Côté & Jean-François Bouchard
United States, Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Four young Cuban artists choose to stay in Cuba during what has now become the island's largest migration crisis. The One Who Stay is an intimate portrait of those who stay behind, lose loved ones, and shape the identity of a generation at risk of fading away.
Film
30e
La dureté du mental
Charles-André Coderre
Canada (Quebec), Experimentation
Accompanied by an intense and obsessive score by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, La dureté du mental (Mental Toughness) is a spatio-sportive odyssey in 35mm CinemaScope.
Transforming Olympic wrestling and pole vaulting Soviet films from the 1980s into expressive, painterly imagery, the film appears as a manifesto for analogue cinema in all its forms, from live projection to alchemical work.
Film
30e
La jeune fille qui pleurait des perles
Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski
Canada (Quebec), Animation
In Montreal, at the dawn of the 20th century, a poor boy falls in love with a girl whose sorrow turns into pearls. He sells them to a ruthless pawnbroker, who hungers for more. Tempted by greed, the boy must choose between love and fortune. The choice could damn his soul.
Film
30e
La mue
Benjamin Lussier
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
When his rising-star lover leaves him for his own stand-in, Jean spirals into obsession. On a surreal film set, he wonders: change to win him back, or lose himself entirely?
Film
30e
La tête en champ de bataille
Anaë Bilodeau & Louis-Pierre Cossette
Canada (Quebec), Animation
In The Mind as a Battlefield, a poignant animated documentary, David, a 45-year-old veteran, shares his inner struggle with his younger brother. A moving quest to find balance in the face of invisible wounds.
Film
30e
Lac en coeur
Tim Bouvette
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Gab and Tom are celebrating their one-year anniversary in a cabin in northern Quebec. But when their opposing views on love resurface, disillusionment sets in for this ultra-modern couple.
Film
30e
Le Petit et Le Géant
Isabela Costa
France, Brazil, Animation
In an abandoned world, a small rodent wanders in search of life. One day, he discovers a house covered in flowers, a true oasis amidst the ruins. There, he has an unexpected encounter with a giant...
Film
30e
Le dernier souhait
Kimberley Ann Surin
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
After the death of her husband, 70-year-old Rosabella moves in with her daughter Ruth, along with her granddaughter Romy. Barely settled, she decides to confront her greatest fear: water. Closer to death than to life, and determined to leave this world without regrets, she embarks on a journey to reconcile with her past. After an initial attempt, she reaches a breaking point. However, one morning, an unexpected and unsettling visitor pushes her to face both the water and her inner demons.