Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
25e
Amato
Romy Boutin St-Pierre
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Amato takes a look at the diversity in polyamorous models in the Quebecois landscape. Three unique and interrelated stories are relayed through performing arts.

Film
25e
Ang Pagpakalma sa Unos
Joanna Vasquez Arong
Philippines, Documentary
To Calm the Pig Inside is a contemplation on the effects a typhoon has on a seaside city. Myths are woven to try to understand how people cope with devastation and trauma. A girl divulges bits and pieces of her own memory of her mother and grandmother to tie in the feeling she felt visiting this ravaged port city.

Film
25e
Aniksha
Vincent Toi
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Aniksha is a young woman from the Indo-Mauritian diaspora. After her arranged marriage, she finds a job at a call centre, a blooming industry in Mauritius. There, she encounters her enigmatic supervisor and discovers a world of possibilities. This new world view places Aniksha between the choice of a traditional or a modern lifestyle.

Film
25e
BEST BITCHES FOREVER
Valérie Leclair
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
After Alex wanted to surprise Catherine for her birthday by taking everybody in the restaurant hostage, the two women are arguing about how they are going to use their psychic powers.

Film
25e
Babatoura
Guillaume Collin
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Benoit and Catherine, a couple in their late twenties, go to his parents' house for dinner. It is with surprise and apprehension that they learn that the whole family is invited for supper and that the evening may not go as planned!

Film
25e
Beast
Benjamin Nicolas
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
It’s Christmas Eve, Martin drives customers in his vehicle when suddenly, without any warning, his body begins to make uncontrolled movements.
Film
25e
Benjamin, Benny, Ben
Paul Shkordoff
Canada (Ontario), Fiction
An unexpected event threatens to undo the job interview preparation of an anxious young man.

Film
25e
Beyond Noh
Patrick Smith
United States, Japan, Animation
Beyond Noh rhythmically animates 3,475 individual masks from all over the world, beginning with the distinctive masks from the Japanese Noh theatre and continuing a cultural journey through rituals, utilities, deviance, and politics.
Film
25e
Bloodshed
Paolo Mancini & Daniel Watchorn
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Ridden with guilt after the untimely death of his wife from a rare blood disease, GETTY turns his hobby shed into a bloody altar of worship and brutal sacrifice in his relentless search for Redemption. There’s no turning back for him now. Getty has found solace. His bloodlust is born. As he descends into madness, many will bleed.

Film
25e
Bonjour Monsieur
Joséphine Gobbi
France, Animation
At the park, everyone walks their dog, except the gardener, who doesn't have one