Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
18e
L'éveil du samouraï
Anthony Ferro & Jérémie Cousin
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
In a movie trailer, Fabien Dupuis executes one of his fantasies in a hero incarnation of martial arts. Jean-Guy San, submissive and unhappy man, will have to awaken the fire in himself to save his family.
Film
18e
La Carotte géante
Pascale Hecquet
France, Belgium, Animation
A mouse is chased by a cat who is chased by a dog who is chased by a little girl who's been told off by her grandma who's been grouched at by grandpa who's making a soup and needs a carrot.
Film
18e
La Confiture de carottes
Anne Viel
France, Belgium, Animation
But who said carrots are only to be found in gardens?
Film
18e
La Coupe
Geneviève Dulude-DeCelles
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
The Cut tells the story of a father and a daughter, whose relationship fluctuates between proximity and detachment, at the moment of a haircut.
Film
18e
La Reine du sébaste et son royaume
Philippe Belley
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
La Reine du sébaste a dû retirer ses lignes des eaux de la majestueuse rivière Saguenay. Même si les pêches ne sont plus mémorables dans son royaume, d’autres pêcheurs installent toujours leur cabane. Perpétuant une tradition bien installée, ils recherchent autant le poisson que le désennui.
Film
18e
La Répétition
Carl-Antonyn Dufault
Canada (Quebec), Experimentation
Can a set of thousands of carefully synchronized gestures and movement be used to recreate an overall choreography? And a whole be the mirror of its details?
Film
18e
La Table
Izabel Grondin
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
A man goes to a potential employer's house one evening, only to find out that the job started as soon as he got in the house...
Film
18e
La Tête en bas
Maxime Giroux
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Head Down casts an atypical view on the solitude, melancholy and marginality in the daily life of three girls.
Film
18e
La dame aux poupées
Denys Desjardins
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Offering a candid glimpse into her reality, a tailored universe she shares with over 400 dolls displayed in her two-story cottage, to know Mrs. Boudreault is to know her dolls. Her "children" give her free rein to dream and explore her fantasies, a gift some of her entourage linkens to a folly..
Film
18e
La marche de Jacob
Benoit Le Rouzès & Jean-François Carier
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Jacob walks here and there through change of paces.