Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
23e
Corka
Katsiaryna Mara Tamkovich
Poland, Fiction
What can a father do when his beloved daughter was so hurt by someone that he found her unconscious in the bathroom, lying in her own blood? What can he do when the system fails him, standing in the way of justice and accusing the wrong people?
Film
23e
Cyclone 3000
Chantale Boulianne
Canada (Quebec), Animation
An afflicted man is launched into a parallel universe where he will visit the stupendously small and the stupendously huge. A journey in these strange worlds… or not so strange after all. What if he was to find there the key to happiness?
Film
23e
De Nuit
Alpha Coulibaly
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Camille is a writer and has published several short stories. He needs to hand his first draft of a short story novel to his publisher. Stuck on one of the stories, he joins his friend who invites him to spend the night out. That’s when he meets Audrey. The evening promises to be adventurous.
Film
23e
Dialogue entre elle et moi
Simon Roberge
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Ginette Lafontaine is a painter. As she presents her paintings, we see many of her important life moments through these. Moments, that have been highly marked by mental health issues. Her tormented journey is, therefore, presented and we see how art and painting were a turning point for her.
Film
23e
Dialogues de sourds
Bernard Nauer
France, Fiction
One brother is a paraplegic and the other one is blind. They have just won a fabulous trip. Who should go?
Film
23e
Dreamland
Mirai Mizue
France, Japan, Animation
Dreamland will grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.
Film
23e
Dubak
Anna Kritskaya
Russia, Animation
A cheerful film about the harsh Russian winter.
Film
23e
Dulce
Guille Isa & Angello Faccini
United States, Colombia, Documentary
On Colombia’s Pacific Coast, a mother teaches her daughter, Dulce, how to swim. It is an essential skill in this remote region, where livelihoods are made on the sea and where rising tides have swept entire villages away. Overcoming her fear of the water is just one element of Dulce’s budding awareness of her natural and cultural surroundings.
Film
23e
East of the River
Hannah Peterson
United States, Fiction
Suspended from school, Teonna is faced with a day on the streets of Washington. Teonna encounters Malik, also out of school, and Sara, who left school because she saw more economic opportunity on the streets. They set out for an adventure that takes them east of the Anacostia river.
Film
23e
El Escarabajo al Final de la Calle
Joan Vives Lozano
Spain, Fiction
When a psychic fishmonger foresees Amadeo's death, his fellow villagers rally to give him the best final seven days for which one could ask.