Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
26e
Kayak
Solène Bosseboeuf, Flore Dechorgnat Tiphaine Klein, Auguste Lefort, Antoine Rossi
France, Animation
On a sunny summer day, a father takes his baby son kayaking. Between the challenges caused by the river and the infant’s mood swings, the father goes through a rollercoaster of emotions. Things are further complicated when an eagle joins the adventure.
Film
26e
Kohannia
Mykyta Lyskov
Ukraine, Animation
Deep love has finally happened in Ukraine. The bald eagle, power animal of the United States, flies with a star-shaped cloaca over a Ukrainian city and drops an egg whose impact generates a rising nuclear mushroom. Things don’t look good in this country which is only beginning to try to find itself.
Film
26e
Kuinka käänsin Rabobeston kylkiasentoon
Mari Mantela
Finland, Fiction
On the verge of her marital life, a young woman makes a journey into the night to find out why she has lost her heartbeat and turned golden.
Film
26e
König
Emily Ufken
Germany, Animation
While in rehab, a young man recounts his descent into gambling addiction. The animated documentary “King” offers an intimate insight into a psychological illness that is often overlooked.
Film
26e
L'autre rive
Gaëlle Graton
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Geneviève is overwhelmed by the cleaning chores she has to accomplish at the emergency shelter where she is newly employed. On an ordinary morning, she is shocked to meet again with Camille, a young woman whom she believed to have succeeded in reinserting while being her social worker.
Film
26e
L'innu du futur
Stéphane Nepton
Canada (Unceded Territories), Documentary
An ode to the land in relation to my double identity as an urban Indigenous person. A story that is both personal and poetic.
Film
26e
L'usine et ma vilaine mémoire de 9 ans
Philippe Belley
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
In the manner of an investigation, the series proposes an incursion into the childhood of Philippe Belley, marked by the closing of the paper factory where his father worked and, above all, his definitive departure from the family 26 years ago, on some winter night.
Film
26e
La Fée des Roberts
Léahn Vivier-Chapas
France, Animation
Who will best play her part: the dancing lioness or the little girl we attempt to tame? Only the Boob Fairy will know who is really worthy of her attention.
Film
26e
La Reine du sébaste et son royaume
Philippe Belley
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
The Redfish Queen has had to remove her lines from the waters of the majestic Saguenay River. Even if the fishing is no longer memorable in her kingdom, other fishermen still set up their shacks. Perpetuating a well established tradition, they are looking for fish as much as for relaxation.
Film
26e
La Soupe de Franzy
Ana Chubinidze
France, Georgia, Animation
Lonely alien Chef Franzy discovers that her special pink soup is not just delicious, but also magical, when she shares it with starving creatures living on a strange planet.