Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
24e
Stray Dogs Come Out at Night
Hamza Bangash
Pakistan, Fiction
Karachi, Pakistan. Iqbal, a migrant sex worker, cannot come to terms with his illness. He convinces his uncle to take a day trip to the beach, desperate for respite. The Arabian sea beckons.
Film
24e
Sur la montagne
Pier-Luc Latulippe
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Coming back from a party, as the sun comes up, two young men walk through a rich neighborhood, chatting about its too perfect architecture and their own desires.
Film
24e
Swinguerra
Benjamin De Burca Et Barbara Wagner
Brazil, Documentary
In the sports court of a school, dancers rehearse highly disciplined routines under the watchful eye of a choreographer. Tensions haunt personal desires as they are observed by rival troupes.
The film showcases predominantly nonbinary gender performers at a moment of significant political instability in Brazil.
Film
24e
T
Keisha Rae Witherspoon
United States, Documentary
A film crew follows three grieving participants of Miami's annual T Ball, where folks assemble to model R.I.P. t-shirts and innovative costumes designed in honor of their dead.
Film
24e
T is for Turbo
François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Long past the Great War for black gold, a young wanderer finds super armour belonging to knight Turbo, dead for aeons. He’ll now be able to fulfill his dream of enforcing justice on the desolated land and... of having success with women!
Film
24e
Tak Ada yang Gila di Kota Ini
Wregas Bhanuteja
Indonesia, Fiction
When holiday season begins, the boss of a big hotel gives an order to Marwan and his team to remove mentally ill people from the city streets and cast them away to the forest so they won't disturb the tourists. Instead of leaving them dying, Marwan has another plan.
Film
24e
Teltet
Rebecca Figenschau
Norway, Fiction
A dysfunctional family are struggling to put up a complicated tent. Then tension is forcing an underlying conflict to the surface - and finally a shocking secret is revealed.
Film
24e
Tempête Silencieuse
Anaïs Moog
Switzerland, Documentary
From the shores of the Atlantic to those of the Mediterranean, the director meets the women whose faces and voices bear witness to the loss of loved ones and ruined hopes. The mourning and hopeless waiting of the bodies find in the incessant movement of the waves a dimension of painful meditation.
Film
24e
Tendrement
Rose-Anne Déry
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Olivia knows that her relationship isn't going well. She still has a certain desire and tenderness towards Julie, and so she decides to keep her feelings to herself. While many racoons hide in the dark, Olivia is overwhelmed by her emotions, and can't hide her feelings from Julie anymore.
Film
24e
Teoria Zakata
Roman Sokolov
Russia, Animation
Deep at night, a dedicated cyclist traverses the wintry forest. The challenge: make sure this new day gets off to a fresh and timely start.