Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
26e
Live forever
Gustav Egerstedt
Sweden, Fiction
A musical love letter and tribute to the poor victims in horror films that didn’t make it to the sequel. In an anthemic song the dead unite across genres and time.

Film
26e
Lost Brain
Isabelle Favez
Switzerland, Animation
One day, Louise the crocodile, accidentally sneezes her brain out. To top it all off, it even escapes! This suddenly makes it difficult for Louise to perform the simplest tasks and nothing works out anymore.
Film
26e
Love, Dad
Diana Cam Van Nguyen
Slovakia, Czech Republic, Animation
She opens a box and discovers letters that her father wrote to her years earlier.
Film
26e
Mal de coeur
Franie-Éléonore Bernier
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Ghislain is shocked to find his heart beating by his coccyx. He seeks the help of his brother, who concludes he must learn to laugh again.
Film
26e
Man or Tree
Varun Hancock, Tom Raman
United Kingdom, Fiction
In the wilderness, a tree begins to question whether it may actually be a man tripping on hallucinogens given to him by an idiotic friend. But as the trip intensifies, it then begins to wonder that it may just be a tree after all.
Film
26e
Marco & Polo Go Round
Benjamin Steiger Levine
Belgium, Canada (Quebec), Animation
On the morning of his birthday, Marco discovers the cake Polo has lovingly made and left for him on the kitchen table. What begins as a beautiful morning for the young couple takes a surreal turn when their world literally falls apart around them.
Film
26e
Material Bodies
Dorothy Allen-Pickard
United Kingdom, Documentary
Through interweaving dance and dialogue, Material Bodies is a sensual and cinematic look at the relationship between amputees and their limbs. This visceral and colourful short film explores how a prosthetic leg can be more like a piece of jewellery, a dance companion, or a part of you.

Film
26e
Mes peurs noires
Louis-David Jutras
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
We are in Simons’s head, an agoraphobe who is afraid of everything. He shows us his deep dark fears.

Film
26e
Milk
Santiago Menghini
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
On a late night, a young teen goes into the kitchen for a glass of milk. Upon encountering his sleepless mother, he quickly realizes things are not as they seem.
Film
26e
Mimine
Simon Laganière
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
An awkward and carefree father, weakened by his recent break-up, has custody of his young son for the day. He notices that his son is developing a beautiful relationship with his ex-girlfriend's new lover. For fear of being replaced, he decides to show him off by creating a magical father-son moment.