Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
19e
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Hamy Ramezan & Nyoni Rungano
Finland, Denmark, Fiction
A foreign woman in a burqa brings her young son to a Copenhagen police station to file a complaint against her abusive husband, but the translator assigned to her seems unwilling to convey the true meaning of her words. A tense, diamond-hard film about cultural isolation and bureaucratic ignorance.
Film
19e
Little secret
Martin Krejcí
Czech Republic, Fiction
Inspired by a true story, the film examines the events which ignited a racist backlash across the Czech Republic in 2012. The film sees a teenage boy who lies to cover up a life-threatening mistake. But the consequences begin to snowball and the lie becomes harder to take back.
Film
19e
Lune et le Loup
Toma Leroux & Patrick Delage
France, Animation
At night, a sleepy town, a deserted kitchen, a microwave turns, a bottle’s warming up, a hungry baby’s babbling. Who’s gonna feed her?
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19e
Marie a la ferme
, Fiction
Film
19e
Maurice
François Jaros
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Maurice had taken a decision, all will be allright. He’s done a list : announce his retirement, sell the car, do the perfect Forêt Noire cake, See his friends and empty the garage. And, to die in dignity.
Film
19e
Meu amigo Nietzsche
Fauston Da Silva
Brazil, Other
The improbable meeting between Lucas and Nietzsche will be the beginning of a revolution in the spirit of the young boy and elsewhere too.
Film
19e
Migration
Fluorescent Hill
Canada (Quebec), Animation
A vintage nature film explores the migratory pattern of a herd of wild creatures
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19e
Moulures
Guillaume Monette
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
After a long time unemployed, Jonathan finally found a job in a molding factory. On his first day, he was forced to go with his mother’s car, an orange New Beetle convertible. «His car is getting repaired at the garage» as he explains the whole day. But a first impression, does never forgive.
Film
19e
Mr. Sanderson
Ray Sanderson & Terrie McIntosh
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
An intimate documentary featuring Ray Sanderson, a single father who lost his sight due to gun violence.
Film
19e
My Father's Truck
Mauricio Osaki
Vietnam, Brazil, Other
My Father’s Truck is a part coming-of-age, a part road movie about 10 year sold Mai Vy as she skips school one day to help her father with his truck’s ride. She is soon confronted with shades of morality and some harsh realities as she learns how things, outside the classroom, really are.