Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
25e
FEAR IN MOTION
Jean-Christophe Yacono
Canada (Quebec), Experimentation
Fear in motion is a short film showcasing a unique choreography between a photographer and a dancer. Featuring thousands of “freeze-frames” captured by the artist yako, this work was filmed during rehearsals of Frédérick Gravel’s Fear and Greed at Usine C.
Film
25e
Face
Samuel Mac
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
One summer in Montreal, a teenage outsider confronts his bullies with a little help from a classic horror movie.

Film
25e
Filles bleues, peur blanche
Marie Jacotey, Lola Halifa-Legrand
France, Animation
A couple travels on the roads of Provence. Nils is driving Flora to his parents’ house for the first time when they get ambushed. Whilst she’s held captive, he flees. During a night in the pinewood, she is confronted with her doubts.

Film
25e
Free fall
Emmanuel Tenenbaum
France, Fiction
Tom is a young trader at a London bank, but his recent results have put him in the hot seat. When the first plane hit the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11th, 2001, Tom is convinced it is a terrorist attack, not an accident. He then jumps into the biggest trade of his life…

Film
25e
Frimas
Marianne Farley
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
In the near future, when getting an abortion has once again become a criminal offense, Kara (35 years old) is confronted by a grim and brutal reality. Even though obvious dangers are at play, she seeks out the services of an illegal mobile abortion clinic. When she’s inside the meanders of this morbid clinic, she is confronted with the consequences of her painful decision. Not only are her life and freedom in danger, but Kara is unprepared to face the emotional repercussions that her decision will have on her and those around her.

Film
25e
Giòng Sông Không Nhìn Thay
Pham Ngoc Lan
Vietnam, Fiction
Stories told along the river: a woman reunites with her ex-lover at a hydroelectric plant; meanwhile, a young man travels downstream to a temple in search of a cure for his insomnia.

Film
25e
Grab Them
Morgane Dziurla-Petit
Sweden, Fiction
60-year-old Sally is longing for happiness and love. Lately, her searching has been complicated by the fact that she resembles the newly elected American president. Join Sally in the film Grab Them where one man’s crazy tour around the world is a lonely woman’s heavy burden to bear.

Film
25e
Gymnasia
Chris Lavis Et Maciek Szczerbowski
Canada (Quebec), VR
Step into the stillness of an abandoned school and enter GYMNASIA, a place where the ghostly ephemera of a lost childhood await you. Recall the particular sights and sounds of a child’s world through the echoes of ball games, school lessons and choir recitals.

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To discover this VR Experience, go to the 2nd floor of the Théâtre Banque Nationale theater for a simultaneous broadcast in group of five of the two short films of the program: Gymnasia (6 min.) and Isle of Dogs (5 min.).

Thursday March 12th : 12pm - 10pm
Friday March 13th : 12pm - 10pm
Saturday March 14th : 12pm - 10pm

Also available for individual experience in the TEMPO UBISOFT x REGARD :
Thursday March 12th : 6:30pm - 10pm
Saturday March 14th : 3pm - 5pm
Film
25e
Hey boy
Miss Me
Canada (Quebec), Other
Released in 2018 on the Distractions album, “Hey Boy” is a song about the oppressions experienced by women. The lyrics give the patriarchy the finger and highlight sexual consent and body diversity.
The video clip, created by director MissMe, adds strength to the band’s already powerful song. Several artists from the Montreal scene are featured in the video, including Frannie Holder and Fabrizia Di Fruscia of Random Recipe as well as Nantali Indongo and Meryem Saci of Nomadic Massive.

Film
25e
I am afraid to forget your face
Sameh Alaa
France, Belgium, Qatar, Egypt, Fiction
After being separated for 82 days, Adam travels down a rough road to be reunited with the one he loves, whatever it takes.