Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
21e
Le cri de la marmotte
Colin Nixon
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Léo and Madeleine leave the house they built following a conflict with a grounhog.
Film
21e
Le dernier mardi
Fanny Mallette
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Two women. Everything dividing them. With patience, one is waiting for death to come. The other waits for her life to begin. Every Tuesday, the elder welcomes the young woman into her home. Two paths crossing without merging. Every Tuesday. Up until the last.
Film
21e
Le débroussailleur
Nicolas Lévesque
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Latitude : 50° 24’ 19.8 » N / Longitude : 72° 46’ 13.8 » W Originally from Russia, Ramis has lived in Quebec with his family for 8 years. The 55-year-old man found work as a brush cutter, a profession practiced by many Russian-speaking immigrants like him. At Camp Nokamik, he is welcomed for his first day of work, which promises a summer of hard work.
Film
21e
Le goût du Vietnam
Pier-Luc Latulippe
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Chloé has to come back home. Arnaud wants to make her last night a memorable night.
Film
21e
Le miracle
Eric Piccoli
China, Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Is life as we know it a miracle? Every day, the functioning of a society is so complex that it is surprising that it does not collapse. The Miracle is a short film of personal thoughts on the near future across the rooftops of Shanghai. The text is freely inspired by the book Feasible Utopias, written by the architect and author Yona Friedman.
Film
21e
Le petit bonhomme de poche
Ana Chubinidze
France, Switzerland, Georgia, Animation
A little man lives in an old suitcase. One day he finds a new friend, an old blind man. The little man jumps into the blind man's pocket. With music, the pocket man helps the blind man walk and see things in the street. Both are very happy together.
Film
21e
Le plombier
Xavier Seron & Méryl Fortunat-Rossi Xavier Seron
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.
Film
21e
Le silence fait peur aux brutes
Étienne Boulanger
Canada (Quebec), Experimentation
On a strip of land between two waters, a drummer spreads his rhythm in front of the immense landscape. The popping beats resound through the fjord. The echo resonates between heaven and earth and reaches a group of rowers energetically training on their rowing. Deploying a sublime collective effort larger than life, they try to get the maximum power from their hi-tech craft.
Film
21e
Les jours sans fin
Philippe Grenier
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Isolated in a country house, Simon questions his mother’s authority and resists bounderies. His behaviour influences his younger brother Colin, a sensible boy who is desperately seeking for a male role model. Colin will develop a perilous plan to try to stop Simon from running away.
Film
21e
Les misérables
Ladj Ly
France, Fiction
With a gun at his belt and a truncheon in his hand, Pento has just joined the Seine-Saint-Denis anti-crime brigade. With his teammates, he develops specific methods.