Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
21e
O noapte în Tokoriki
Roxana Stroe
Romania, Fiction
In an improvised night club called Tokoriki, the whole village celebrates Geanina’s 18th birthday. Her boyfriend and Alin will give her an unforgettable present.
Film
21e
Off The Trail
Nick Jordan & Jacob Cartwright
United Kingdom, Experimentation
Off The Trail follows a central protagonist, a soldier from another era, as he performs a series of actions and rituals. The uniformed figure paints Chinese nature symbols, chants, meditates and wanders dreamlike through a rolling landscape of fog-shrouded hills, coastal defences and dense woodland valleys. Scenes are accompanied by haiku and poetry readings from poets Michael McClure and Gary Snyder, and the disembodied voice of Alan Watts.
Film
21e
Oh What a Wonderful Feeling
François Jaros
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Stars, hide your fires, let not light see my black desires. Nor any truck.
Film
21e
Olbrzym
Marcin Podolec
Poland, Animation
The main protagonist of The Gentle Giant is going to take part in a poetry contest. To gather up the courage to come out, he collects the memories from the entire life and fights his own demons. It's a film about one tiny step for mankind, one giant leap for a man.
Film
21e
On The Origin of Fear
Filemon Bayu Prihantoro
Indonesia, Fiction
Darto, a film dubber, is working on the most critical Indonesian film during the second cold war.
Film
21e
On suffocation
Jenifer Malmqvist
Sweden, Fiction
When the system becomes more important than human life...
Film
21e
Oscar
Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre & Saint-Pierre
Canada (Quebec), Animation
Mixing animated sequences and archival footage, Oscar is a touching portrait of virtuoso pianist Oscar Peterson at the twilight of an exceptional career, as he wistfully meditates on the price of fame and the impacts of the artist’s life on family life. This animated documentary explores the profound solitude of an artist constantly on tour, tells a heartfelt story about a life in jazz.
Film
21e
Oui mais non
Alexa-Jeanne Dubé
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
On a winter evening, Émilie arrives unannounced at her neighbor Joëlle’s house. As the evening goes by, Émilie longs for her neighbor who seems to be impervious to her charms. Exploration of an ambiguous relationship marked with admiration, power games, maternal tenderness and sexual attraction.
Film
21e
Parade
Digna Van Der Put
Netherlands, Animation
Six fanfare flute players explore the landscape of the uniform. A journey that does not go unscathed.
Film
21e
Pautinka
Natalia Chernysheva
Russia, Animation
A relationship that transforms from hostility to friendship and mutual rescue.