Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
25e
Marmote Intrépide
Miguel Lambert
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
A young boyscout gives himself the mission to liberate his friend from her house since her dad won't let her go to the camp.
Film
25e
Mat et les gravitantes
Pauline Penichout
France, Documentary
October 2018. Mat and her friends take part in a self gynecology workshop in a squat in Nantes. At the same time, Pauline tries to film the portrait of that young woman.

Film
25e
Material Bodies
Dorothy Allen-Pickard
United Kingdom, Documentary
Through interweaving dance and dialogue, Material Bodies is a sensual and cinematic look at the relationship between amputees and their limbs. This visceral and colourful short film explores how a prosthetic leg can be more like a piece of jewellery, a dance companion, or a part of you.

Film
25e
Mauvaises herbes
Claude Cloutier
Canada (Quebec), Animation
Bad Seeds takes us to a bizarre world populated by carnivorous plants that can shapeshift the way a chameleon changes colour. The director deftly connects growth with rivalry and evolution with competition, crafting an increasingly shocking duel peppered with allusions to the western, the Cold War, board games, and much more.
Film
25e
Mes peurs noires
Louis-David Jutras
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
We are in Simons’s head, an agoraphobe who is afraid of everything. He shows us his deep dark fears.

Film
25e
Miette
Maude Bouchard & Camille Trudel
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Through the encounter between a director and a scarred young woman who underwent years of therapy, Miette explores how guilt shapes our personal narrative and relationships.

Film
25e
Mother
Jas Pitt & Kate Stonehill
Brazil, United Kingdom, Documentary
Under the watchful eye of their vogueing mother, a young dancer from a favela in Rio de Janeiro finds acceptance on Brazil’s Ballroom scene. Set in a world where it is increasingly dangerous to be visibly queer, MOTHER is a coming-of-age story about the power of a chosen family.

Film
25e
Mundo
Ana Edwards
Chile, Documentary
Mundo observes how the landscape is reshaped through evangelical notions after conversion for Matilde, an elderly Aymara lady. The once revered natural world has been demoted in status; it is now regarded as a threatening place dominated by the devil.

Film
25e
My Last Day of Summer
Kristina Wayte
United States, Experimentation
Julia is at the local bike shop hoping that her bike can be fixed. While waiting, she browses the shop until she stumbles upon a comic book. The book blends with her imagination and she finds herself on a ride like no other.
Film
25e
Ndagukunda déjà
David Findlay & Sébastien Desrosier
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
After meeting his Rwandan father in Montreal for the first time at 28 years old, Sébastien Desrosiers, a Quebecers journalist, sets off, during the 25th year anniversary of the genocide, on an existential quest to his ancestral land in search of answers.