Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
29e
Rituels sous un ciel écarlate
Dominique Chila & Samer Najari
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
A lone gunman perched on a rooftop grows bored while awaiting his next victim. A mother records a video for an audition for a televised singing competition. A young girl carries water containers and must cross a dangerous area before nightfall. Distant explosions echo, nothing alarming. Time stands still, allowing the three figures to find refuge in their luminous dreams. The sun will set soon, carrying them away.

Rituals under a scarlet sky tells the tale of a daily life where hope survives despite the tragedy that attempts to engulf it.
Film
29e
S the Wolf
Sameh Alaa
France, Animation
A man recounts his capillary peregrinations through his adolescence - from the barber’s trauma to his first love to the loss of his hair and eventually his father. Through this, we see a construction of a masculinity in the making.
Film
29e
Sahardnieh
Fabien Peterson
Canada (Quebec),
Videoclip for the song SAHARDNIEH from the band ANGINE DE POITRINE
Film
29e
Samaa
Ehsan Gharib
Canada (Quebec), Animation
A bird is trapped in a cage. Only when it stops struggling does it find itself free.
Film
29e
Sans Voix
Samuel Patthey
Switzerland, Animation
Best Animation Short Film Award winning film offered by Rodeo FX and TVPaint.

Dan is a young man who spends most of his time in his flat, always listening to electronic music. Outside, he feels disconnected and only finds solace in nightclubs, where techno music and drugs make him feel free. One day, a baby's gaze changes his world perception.
Film
29e
Scars
Alex Anna
France, Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Alex Anna’s body is a canvas : her scars come to life to tell a new story of self-harming. Live action and animation intertwine in this short and poetic documentary, both intimate and universal.
Film
29e
Servicio necrológico para usted
María Salafranca
Cuba, Documentary
Americana Award winning film offered by Caravane Film Prodoction.

This film is a tour of the funeral home in a small Cuban town led by Maurilio and Fidela, driver and assistant on duty, who have been preparing the corpses for 17 years in the same space where they live their lives and their love.
Film
29e
Shadows
Rand Beiruty
Jordan, France, Documentary
Grand Prize Award winning film offered by MUBI and Cineground

At a crowded airport, Ahlam, a 14-year old mother, is running away from Baghdad, the only place she's ever known. As she fights the shadows lurking around her, she reflects on her journey to reclaim her life.
Film
29e
Silence
Xavier MC
Canada (Quebec), Experimentation
In Silence by Hawa B, the artist embodies an enchanting goddess, ruling over a gloomy universe. Between seduction and domination, she personifies a mystical and formidable femininity.
Film
29e
Sirène
Marilou Caravecchia-Pelletier
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
On the eve of an important synchronized swimming competition, Mathilde is drowning in glitter and pressure. She must choose between shining for others or blossoming for herself.