Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
29e
Ciclo de carga
Daniel Martínez-Quintanilla
Spain, Peru, Canada (Quebec), Documentary
A visual work that shows the daily journey of the workers in the Masusa port in the Amazon, where dozens of ships dock to supply Iquitos, the largest city in the world without land connections. A continuous movement through which the resources of the jungle are extracted to the continent.

Film
29e
Crème à glace
Rachel Samson
Canada (Quebec), Animation
Film
29e
Cura Sana
Lucía G. Romero
Spain, Fiction
Jessica and Alma, two sisters in a situation of domestic violence, will begin to treat each other with love instead of violence through one of their routine trips to the food stamp office on the night of San Juan, a Spanish holiday.
Film
29e
De Gallo Qui Ovavit
Nina Forsman
Finland, Documentary
De Gallo Qui Ovavit is a short documentary that explores the mythical history of egg laying roosters and invites into an ironic play to search and debunk boundaries between genders, species and eras. An egg laying rooster is a phenomenon that has disturbed human mind ever since and in different eras these roosters have been classified as lethal monsters, satanic criminals or biological freaks. But which one came first, the monster or the human?
Film
29e
De l'ombre à la lumière
Martin Gunn
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
From Darkness to Light is a documentary that raises awareness about homelessness, both among Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. By following Martin around Le Nomade dormitory and the Piaule, the film leads us to explore this little-known world. The documentary’s strength lies in the simplicity of its production with each element connected and created on intuition. The aim of the film is to highlight the often invisible work of La Piaule employees and raise young people’s awareness of the dangers of homelessness.
Film
29e
Deux dollars
Emmanuel Tenenbaum
France, Canada (Quebec), Fiction
After a week of leave, Sylvie is back at the Quebec company where she has been an exemplary employee for more than 15 years. She's then requested to attend a bizarre meeting.
Film
29e
Dream creep
Carlos A.F. Lopez
United States, Fiction
A couple are awakened from their sleep by noises coming from an unlikely orifice.
Film
29e
Duty Free
Hilke Rönnfeldt
Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Fiction
The shop manager of a floating bordershop-container in the Baltic Sea, casts off the chains to shore to save the universe of love she and her employees have created inside.
Film
29e
Duyao Mao
Tian Guan
China, Fiction
In southwest China, the ancient legend of the Poison Cat circulates. Hunter Tai has been feeling increasingly uneasy lately as he inexplicably connects the eerie cries in the forest and the strange occurrences in the village with his wife's unusual behavior. The age-old way of life he knows seems to be crumbling, echoing the prophecy in the legend…
Film
29e
EarthWorm
Phillip Barker
Canada (Ontario), Experimentation
Canadian Grand Priz winning film offered by the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi and MTL Grandé

EarthWorm brings together elements of modern dance, experimental film, and sc-fi to create a modern cautionary tale.
Sean’s mission on Earth is to help humans survive extinction. However, confronted with ‘Earth’s pointless gravity’, Sean’s body weakens. He seeks the help of a domesticated horse, who introduces him to poetry. He continues to collect samples: animals, worms, and the very children who have befriended him.