Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
26e
Benztown
Gottfried Mentor
Germany, Animation
A town is driven mad. The city of Stuttgart fights back with heavy action against its traffic
chaos. With far reaching consequences. Other cities might follow the signal...
Film
26e
Birds
Katherine Propper
United States, Fiction
Young love, adventure, and coming-of-age moments in the heat of Texas summer.
Film
26e
Black Slide
Uri Lotan
Israel, United Kingdom, Animation
Eviah, a shy boy on the cusp of puberty, and his best friend sneak onto the Black Slide, the most terrifying ride at Aqua Fun. There, Eviah will grow and mature, preparing him for the events that are about to befall him at home.
Film
26e
Bleach
Mattias Graham
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Damien, a 16-year old swimmer, clashes with his Coach at practice. In parallel, Damien plays with his younger brother at a hotel waterslide, but his erratic behaviour shows something hidden beneath the surface. Bleach explores the confusing moments following trauma and abuse, and how big each small step can be.
Film
26e
Blinde Flecken
Luis Schubert
Germany, Fiction
An international film crew in the first overtime hour, shortly before sunrise. The hired intimacy coordinator interrupts the filming of a sex scene due to an unarranged move by the actor, which the director has secretly instructed. A conflict arises. The sun threatens to rise. How will the last take be shot?
Film
26e
Blue Curry
Jimin Jung & Chien-Ju Hung & Magali Dunyach & Vajra Pancharia & Léa Pietrzyk
France, Animation
Blue Curry follows a conversation in which a mother tries to make her son understand the beauty and diversity of the planet as they prepare a curry together. It is a universal story that begins with a simple question from a child about his identity and the differences between people. I
Film
26e
Bottle cap
Marco Spier & Marie Hyon
United States, Animation
A ‘Treasure-Carcass’ foretells of a dark dystopian future but Shelton, the underdeveloped fiddler crab, is oblivious — his attention is absorbed by the shiny, new bottle cap he hopes will elevate him to the rank of “god” among his colony.
Film
26e
Boys (Friends Forever)
Joachim Morre
Denmark, Fiction
The two friends Anton and Theodor are preparing for a night out. They are young and carefree - facing zero challenges aside of being out of booze. The mood drastically changes when their friend Simon arrives with a confession to make.
Film
26e
Brasier
Emilie Mannering
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Championed in her sporting activities by her teenage brother, Pierre-Amelia’s (11) innocent world shatters when her experience among an elite soccer team of older girls precipitates her sexual awakening and reveals an unsuspected desire for her brother.
Film
26e
Ceci est une espèce aimée
Nadine Gomez
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
During a summer tour with their family, the two halves of Saratoga follow along the river and put their mind towards finding poetry in everything and nothing, as long as they can stop and look for it. A well-deserved respite in beauty.