Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
30e
Isolation
Chih-Chieh Yu
Taiwan, Fiction
Taiwan crisis, 1990s. The undead are wreaking havoc on the shore. A paranoia-infused, zombie-filled military thriller. Smells like… soldier brains?
Film
30e
Monochrome
Justice Rutikara
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Ngabo, an under-pressure cook's helper, and Mike, a zealous neo-Nazi, go through the same difficult day on the streets of Old Quebec without knowing each other. One is consumed by exhaustion, the other by anger.
Film
30e
Morgenkreis
Basma Al-Sharif
United Arab Emirates, Canada (Ontario), Experimentation
A short visceral narrative film unfolds in three parts to describe loss. From our earliest experience of separation to the imperceptible violence associated with integrating into a new country when yours is no longer livable, Morgenkreis follows a father and son in their intimate rituals as they prepare to start the day and head to kindergarten.
Film
30e
Mort à la culture du char
Don-Li Mercier
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Here is an example of a city that cares more about cars than people.
Film
30e
My Father
Robby Reis
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
A son reflects on his relationship to his deceased father in a visual essay that gradually takes the form of a eulogy, which should have been delivered long ago.
Film
30e
NONNONNON x MADA MADA feat. Orlanda
Alexandre Richard
Canada (Quebec), Music video
Following surgery, a man embarks on a dreamlike journey that unveils his deepest fears and darkest apprehensions.
Film
30e
Ndjimu
Petna Ndaliko Katondolo
United States, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Documentary
In a future fractured by greed and greenwashed progress, a forgotten people live hidden one hundred meters beneath the surface of the earth.
They call themselves The Rememberers. Their shelter is carved in ancient stone, where firelight dances across walls lined with Mikuba: cobalt that once fueled empires now pulsing with ancestral memory. For generations, they have dwelled in the deep, speaking in drum codes and stone whispers, guarding the last living ore of truth: the cobalt that remembers.
Film
30e
Niña Chilapa
Juana Lotero López
Colombia, Documentary
Through observation we discover the story of Yulieth (11 - 13), a brave and rebellious fishing girl from Chilapa (native of Urabá, Chocó), transitioning into adolescence. She faces the difficulty of growing up in a wild territory where natural beauty coexists with the hostility of machismo. Despite the warnings, Yulieth becomes a teenage mother, while her developing identity is caught between the impulses of her dreams and her reality.
Film
30e
No quiero ver el sol, quiero ver el sol
Constanza Epifanio
Argentina, Fiction
Kaia and Camelia believe that resting is a waste of time. After observing that growing up means sleeping more and more, they wonder what would happen if they stayed awake forever. They put it to the test on a night of vigil, during which they will try to fight tiredness while waiting for the sunrise.
Film
30e
Noirs Matins
David Gonseth
Switzerland, Fiction
Two young brothers move into a new house with their parents. Very quickly, the younger one notices that something is not right in this seemingly ordinary daily life.