Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
29e
Hannah & Le Crocodile
Lore Mechelaere
Belgium, Animation
When Fien discovers that her sister Hannah is threatened by a vicious crocodile, the world is turned upside down. Fien devises a plan to defeat the crocodile so Hannah will make it to her next birthday.
Film
29e
He Ma
JJ Lin
Hong Kong, China, Fiction
Dans la banlieue d'une ville du nord de la Chine en cours de modernisation, une jeune fille excentrique qui veut voir des animaux au zoo est entraînée dans une aventure qui changera à jamais sa vision de la vie.
Film
29e
Hello, My Name is Beaver
Trevor Blumas
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Young art student Alex chose to make their graduate thesis project about a local DIY scene legend named Beaver. What was supposed to be a fun day of filming in the company of their childhood hero turns into an existential crisis, and an alarming wake up call to the world that awaits them after graduation. A biting commentary on late-stage capitalism, modern alienation, and the cross-generational bonds that form between two outsiders trying to exist on their own terms.
Film
29e
Himalia
Clara Milo & Juliette Lossky
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Set on an idyllic farmland, a child’s fascination for the light leads the way into this otherwordly tale structured around the passage of a single and ever-flowing sunbeam.
Film
29e
Hurikán
Jan Saska
Slovakia, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Animation
Hurikán rushes out to save his favourite beer stand from closure by fetching a new keg to impress the bartender he has a crush on. In a wild Prague district, he faces robbers, cops, and his own thirst.
Film
29e
I died in Irpin
Anastasia Falileieva
Slovakia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Animation
24 February 2022 my boyfriend and I fled from Kyiv to Irpin. We spent 10 days in blockaded city and managed to escape with the last evacuation convoy. Time passed, but the feeling that I died in Irpin never left me since then. The film reconstructs this true story of survival through a personal and subjective lens.
Film
29e
Ibuka, Justice
Justice Rutikara
Canada (Quebec), Animation
Valentine and Jean-Claude form a new couple at the start of the 1994 genocide and civil war in Rwanda. They make repeated attempts to flee the killings with their newborn son.
Film
29e
Inkwo for When The Starving Return
Amanda Strong
Canada (British Columbia), Canada (Quebec), Animation
The story of Dove, an Indigenous youth who must embrace the powers bestowed on them to fight creatures with a ravenous hunger, unleashed after two generations of slumber.
Film
29e
Inside, The Valley Sings
Nathan Fagan
Ireland, Animation
Secluded in 6x9 cells year after year with little or no human contact, three individuals in prisons across the United States experience the tedium, loneliness and psychological despair of long-term solitary confinement.

Over time, they begin to construct elaborate fantasy worlds to escape their daily reality.

Through vivid, hand-drawn animation, ‘Inside, The Valley Sings’ tells their remarkable real-life stories and paints an unforgettable portrait of the power of the human imagination.
Film
29e
Interurbain
Marc-Olivier Huard
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Philippe-Belley Award winning film offered by Hydro-Québec and La Bande Sonimage

Interurbain delves into a mother’s emotional void as she grapples with the geographical distance and the absence of her son.