Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
23e
Guaxuma
Nara Normande
France, Brazil, Animation
Tayra and I grew up near Guaxuma, a beach in the state of Alagoas in the Northeast Region of Brazil. We were inseparable. When I became a teenager, I had to leave this place of freedom to move to the city. Many years later, the sea breeze brings me back happy memories.
Film
23e
Hammam
Florence Miailhe
France, Animation
The story of two young girls’ first visit to a hammam.
Film
23e
Hedgehog
Colombine Majou & Jeanne Laureau & Yoon Jong-Ha & Kaisa Pirttinen & Morgane Mattard & Vaibhav Keswani
France, Animation
A little boy speaks about hedgehogs all the time to everybody.
Film
23e
Histórias de Lobos
Agnes Meng
Portugal, Documentary
In northern Portugal mountains, on a peak among rocky ranges, lays a village called Pitões das Junias. At nightfall, shepherds used to gather and tell stories. Myths, deaths, killings… things that might or might not have happened, all inspired by the internal war between humans and wolves, between us and the wild.
Film
23e
Home Shopper
Dev Patel
United States, Singapore, Fiction
In a loveless marriage, Penny finds solace in the hypnotic escape of the home shopping channel. When things take an unexpected turn with her husband, the channel proves to be her saving grace… or was it the problem all along?
Film
23e
Hors piste
Camille Jalabert & Léo Brunel & Loris Cavalier & Oscar Malet
France, Animation
The two best rescue workers of the region are ready for their new mission. Despite their professionalism and their determination, it will not go as planned...
Film
23e
Hotshu Hit W Zooparke
Evgenia Golubeva
Russia, Animation
Sasha's parents expect her to tidy up her room, eat porridge and do her homework, but wouldn't it be much more fun to relax and spend time with friends at the zoo?
Film
23e
Hypocondriaque
Carnior (Steve Landry)
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
In 2184, an argument between a couple escalates after more than an 8 hour drive on a desert mining planet. A black science-fiction comedy where the motto is: "In space, nobody hears you complain".
Film
23e
I Am the Doorway
Simon Pearce
England, Fiction
After a journey to investigate desolate Pluto, astronaut Arthur Bishop returns home a shattered man. He sees eyes forcing their way through the skin of his hands, that distort his friends and the landscape itself into visions. Believing himself the doorway to alien invasion and murder, he must take desperate action.
Film
23e
I Saw the Future
François Vautier
France, Animation
In a dark expanse, we hear the voice of Arthur C. Clarke, whose face appears in the distance. His features dematerialize into a multitude of pixels, creating an enveloping and immersive space out of which the thoughts of the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey emerge.