Saguenay international
short film festival

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.

Film
25e
ITCHY THE CAMEL : BASKETBALL
Anders Beer & PH Dallaire
Canada (Quebec), Animation
ITCHY is a simple-minded but charismatic camel whose itchy hump is a constant distraction. As he absent-mindedly wanders through the desert, Itchy comes across a basketball...
Film
25e
ITCHY THE CAMEL : RAKES
Anders Beer & PH Dallaire
Canada (Quebec), Animation
ITCHY is a simple-minded but charismatic camel whose itchy hump is a constant distraction. As he absent-mindedly wanders through the desert, Itchy discovers a pile of rakes...the perfect solution to his perpetual itch! But can he wrap his tiny mind around this opportunity, or will he miss the scratch of a lifetime?
Film
25e
Igra
Elena Kurkova
Russia, Animation
Once on a hot summer day, animals were bored...
Film
25e
Imelda 3 : Simone
Martin Villeneuve
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
In this third opus, Martin Villeneuve envisions how his two grandmothers, lifelong adversaries, might have made peace before the end.

Film
25e
In the air tonight
Andrew Norman Wilson
United States, Experimentation
The Who’s Who, possibly true, behind-the-scenes origin story of Phil Collin’s 1980 hit single.

Film
25e
Inaltérable
Alexandre Rufin
France, Canada (Quebec), Other
To create an pose an unalterable gaze, together. Surrounded by artists from dance, musicn and film, these young women are led to create their signature of their journey and their last steps of their childhood.

Film
25e
Inkt
Erik Verkerk & Joost Van den Bosch
Netherlands, Animation
In this ultrashort animated film, we follow an octopus who is a clean-up neat-freak. But sometimes, even though you have so many arms, you still cannot reach what you are aiming for.