Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
29e
Cher Zoscar
Sarah Toussaint-Léveillé
Canada (Quebec), Experimentation
Special Mention of Shoot No Matter What Award

Cher Zoscar is a correspondence between the desire to create and life that swallows you up. Something like that.
Film
29e
Chez Ghislaine
Franie-Éléonore Bernier
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Running a stolen food smuggling network for her neighborhood, Ghislaine’s operation is going smoothly—until her grandson shows up with a giant freezer, forcing her to get rid of it fast before the community catches on to her not-so-legal hustle.
Film
29e
Evening Escapades
Darcy Tara McDiarmid & Chantal Rousseau
Canada (Yukon), Animation
An adventurous rabbit undertakes an enchanted evening escapade through a mysterious forest trail. The rabbit encounters dreaming wolves, and other mischievous animals as he navigates a midnight mushroom garden.

Evening Escapades is a combination of animated elements and Super 8 footage that was shot in and around Ddhäl Ch'èl Cha Nän / Tombstone Territorial Park in Tr’ondëk Hwëtch’in territory in the Yukon, and then processed with plants harvested from the land
Film
29e
Filante
Marion Jamault
France, Animation
Every night, Paulette observes the same shooting star in the sky. She makes her deepest wish : to find her mysteriously missing pet rat. The days go by, but the animal doesn't return. Paulette wants to understand what's wrong with her star.
Film
29e
Frozen Unicycle
Adam Aomari
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Adam Aomari shows his tricks on his unicycle. His abilities to ride upright in the frozen tundra show his skills.
Film
29e
Gender Reveal
Mo Matton
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Rhys, a dedicated people pleaser, winds up at their boss’ gender reveal party with their two partners. The trans throuple soon realizes that they are dealing with more than they were prepared for and their ability to survive the event comes into question.
Film
29e
Green Light
Bérenger Barry
France, Fiction
Hazel & Ben have been pals forever. But today is not forever…
Film
29e
Hurikán
Jan Saska
Slovakia, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Animation
Hurikán rushes out to save his favourite beer stand from closure by fetching a new keg to impress the bartender he has a crush on. In a wild Prague district, he faces robbers, cops, and his own thirst.
Film
29e
Ice Merchants
João Gonzalez
France, Portugal, United Kingdom, Animation
Best Animation Film Award winning film

Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their vertiginous, cold house, attached to a cliff, to go to the village on the ground, far away, where they sell the ice they produce daily.
Film
29e
Inkwo for When The Starving Return
Amanda Strong
Canada (British Columbia), Canada (Quebec), Animation
The story of Dove, an Indigenous youth who must embrace the powers bestowed on them to fight creatures with a ravenous hunger, unleashed after two generations of slumber.