Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
21e
L'usine et ma vilaine mémoire de 9 ans
Philippe Belley
Canada (Quebec), Canada (Quebec), Canada (Quebec), Canada (Quebec), Documentary
This autobiographical web series combines animation, documentary and archive images to retrace the story of the director and that of his father, who disappeared 26 years ago. In the manner of an investigation, the series proposes an incursion into the childhood of Philippe Belley, marked by the closing of the paper factory where his father worked and, above all, his definitive departure from the family, winter.
Film
21e
La cage
Loïc Bruyère
France, Animation
It’s the story of an encounter between a caged bear who can’t sing and a little bird who can’t fly but who can sing beautifully. Their friendship will be mutually beneficial and together they will overcome their disabilities.
Film
21e
La course Navette
Maxime Aubert
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Wojtek recently attended Bonsecours High School in the Montreal suburbs. This discreet and inhibited teenager remains a mystery to his peers. This is why it represents a prey designated for Thomas and Philippe, two troubled students in search of entertainment. Not knowing how to find the words in front of his assailants, Wojtek will go back to his physical education course to express the substance of his thought.
Film
21e
La laine sur le dos
Lotfi ACHOUR
France, Tunisia, Fiction
While driving along a road in the Tunisian desert in an old battered van on their way to market to sell their sheep, an old man and his grandson are stopped by two policemen. In order to be allowed to leave, they have to accept a strange and unusual deal.
Film
21e
La partie
Alexandre Isabelle
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Bernard is an austere man whose sole occupation is to care for his beloved Line, who is very ill. Their son organizes a sugaring off party that forces Bernard to reconnect with the exhilaration of spring.
Film
21e
La petite casserole d'Anatole
Éric Montchaud
France, Animation
Anatole always pulls along behind him his little saucepan. It gets caught everywhere and stops him from going forward. One day, Anatole has had enough. He decides to hide himself. But, fortunately, things are not that simple.
Film
21e
La peur de voler
Conor Finnegan
United Kingdom, Animation
A small bird who is afraid of flying tries to avoid migrating south for the winter.
Film
21e
La queue de la souris
Benjamin Renner
France, Animation
In a forest a lion captures a mouse and threatens to devour it. This one offers him a market. Some well-placed words, an apparent submission and especially a thread will be enough for the smallest of the two not only to get out but also to coax the largest and figuratively.
Film
21e
La voyante
Alexandre Auger & Alexis Fortier Gauthier
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
A medium receives three clients who come her to talk about their problems. She's trying to help them as best as she can.
Film
21e
Le Plombier
Xavier Seron & Méryl Fortunat-Rossi
France, Belgium, Fiction
Tom, a Flemish comedian used to make cartoons character’s voices, replaces offhand a friend doubler. He finds himself in the studio of a pornographic french speaking film. Catherine, an experienced actress, will be his partner. Tom will play the plumber.