Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
26e
Nuit chérie
Lia Bertels
Belgium, Animation
In winter, a bear cannot fall asleep. He is thinking too much and feeling blue. A monkey suggests that they go to his aunt’s house, so the bear can eat some honey and take his mind off things. During that strange night, the bear realizes that he did well not to fall asleep…
Film
26e
Nursery Rhymes
Tom Noakes
Australia, Fiction
On the side of a rural highway, a bizarre encounter with a Metalhead takes a profound turn.
Film
26e
O Lobo Solitário
Filipe Melo
Portugal, Fiction
One night on Viva FM's late night show, host Vitor Lobo gets a phone call from an old friend.
Film
26e
O noapte în Tokoriki
Roxana Stroe
Romania, Fiction
In an improvised night club called Tokoriki, the whole village celebrates Geanina’s 18th birthday. Her boyfriend and Alin will give her an unforgettable present.
Film
26e
Opération Carcajou
Nicolas Krief
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
A police search disturbs the peace and quiet of a suburban family and arouses suspicions in Nicolas about his father Sylvain, a secret man with suspicious activities.
Film
26e
Ousmane
Jorge Camarotti
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Ousmane, a newly arrived Burkinabé immigrant living in Montreal, has his life take a turn when he meets an elderly, disoriented lady, Edith. After learning about Edith’s terrible living conditions, but not fully understanding what the task entail, he naively decides to take on the role of her caregiver as if she was his own mother.
Film
26e
PILONA
July Naters
Peru, Fiction
Lea, a 10-year-old girl, still urinates in bed. Gloria, her mother, divorced and almost absent, is looking for a babysitter. This is how MARIA arrives, a young woman who believes with fervor that good wishes can come true. Maria will try to overcome Lea’s hostility and discover a dark secret.
Film
26e
PRIMITIVE
Benoit Lalande
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Despite speaking a different language and being generations apart, Gisele and her grandson Kalum share an unconditional love for the ocean and this primitive lifestyle that's been lost with changing times.
Film
26e
Papyni Krosivky
Olha Zhurba
Ukraine, Fiction
13-year-old Sasha lives in a boarding school for children deprived of parental care. He is one of the luckiest – a family have finally agreed to adopt him. Today he will move to America forever - but there’s something that won’t let him go.
Film
26e
Peter the Penguin
Andrew Rutter
United Kingdom, Fiction
Nigel is on his way to meet his girlfriend's daughter Emily for the first time and he hopes to make a big impression.