Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
26e
Nuisance Bear
Jack Weisman & Gabriela Osio Vanden
Canada (Ontario), Documentary
Churchill, MB, is a famous destination for photographing polar bears. But what do these bears see of us? Nuisance Bear shifts our perspective revealing an obstacle course of tourist paparazzi and wildlife officers whom bears must navigate during their fall migration.
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
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
Pa vend
Samir Karahoda
Kosovo, Fiction
In post-war Kosovo, driven by the ambition of keeping their beloved sport alive, two local players wander from one obscure location to another carrying with them the only possession of the club: their tables.
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
Parc à chats
Rachel Samson
Canada (Quebec), Animation
Chronicle of a cat’s misadventures in a park.

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.