Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
30e
América
Javier Arias-Stella
Peru, Fiction
América, a 10-year-old girl from a remote Andean village, dreams of buying a bicycle so she’ll never be late to class again.
Film
30e
Angle mort
Charlie Guèvremont
Canada (Quebec), Animation
Aphantasia, the inability to generate mental images, affects 1 to 3% of the population. In my early twenties, I learned that my mind was blind. It was a major paradigm shift to realize that 'visualizing' isn't just a metaphor.
Film
30e
Au Coeur du Remous
Mélanie Saint-Germain
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Deep in the swirl shows a father-daugther relationship, sailing between Daniel dependances and the impacts they have on his daughter Erika, who’s stock in a rude dilemma between giving up or going in.
Film
30e
Au bain des dames
Margaux Fournier
France, Documentary
Every day, Joëlle meets her retired friends on Bain des Dames’s beachin Marseille. Like in an open-air theater, they laugh, talk about love, sex, aging bodies, and remake the world with the freedom of those who have nothing left to prove.
Film
30e
Aux garçons de mon âge
Alexia Roc
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
The young Sasha tries to make her mark in a summer camp where challenges and dance shape daily life, while Steak, a passionate counselor and dancer, faces his own insecurities. A life-changing evening will force them to grow faster than they ever imagined.
Film
30e
BOA
Alexandre Dostie
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Zosimus, the patriarch, is about to die, and Leonidas, the youngest monk in his community, sees it as an omen of their grim fate. Deeply shaken and forced to venture into the city, Leonidas discovers a brotherhood of an entirely different order than his own: the bodybuilders of the Boa Gym. Convinced that he is destined to save his congregation from their own weakness, Leonidas rediscovers the power of his physical body and begins a radical transformation.
Film
30e
Baiaão d'intérieurs
Héloïse Dorsan-Rachet
France, Animation
A small bird in captivity curiously observes the outside world through his window. Suddenly, a strange musical bird appears in the reflection of the glass, taking him on a hypnotic and liberating journey. Where freedom is a melody waiting to be heard.
Film
30e
Barking in the Dark
Marie Losier
France, Documentary
Marie Losier invites us into the mysterious and unclassifiable world of the Residents, emblematic figures of the American musical avant-garde for over 50 years. This cult collective, hidden behind their anonymity and iconic costumes, revolutionised the underground with their sonic experimentation and daring visual aesthetic. This playful, intimate portrait celebrates the extraordinary freedom of a band that never followed the rules.
Film
30e
Bat Boy
Aaron Lemle
United States, Fiction
Andre, a young man on the autism spectrum, is passionate about the bats that live in the highway underpass next to his house in East LA. When the bats go missing one day, he enlists the help of a jaded UCLA biologist to find out what happened.
Film
30e
Bats & Bugs
Lena Von Döhren
Switzerland, Animation
When a lantern lights up on a country road in the jungle a group of insects go crazy. This comes in
handy for the hungry bats in a cave nearby.