Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
28e
Alfie
Alexandra Nadeau
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Now settled in Montreal for the past two years, Alfredo is integrating into his new city thanks to one of his passions: burlesque. This film was produced in 1 month as part of the 2022 Canadian Regions Challenge.
Film
28e
Ancestral Threads
Sean Stiller
Canada (Unceded Territories), Documentary
Follow Joleen Mitton on her mission to use fashion as medicine for Vancouver’s Indigenous community. A former fashion model, Joleen is now a community leader and founder of Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week.
Film
28e
Antitutoriel
Léonie Savard
Canada (Quebec), Animation
Alone in front of her mirror, a woman enters the controversial universe of her creativity.
Film
28e
Après juin, avant août
Adrien Lemire & Lambert Desjardins
Czech Republic, Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Milo just arrived in Prague for a student exchange and meets Aleš and Jan. The three young men live an idyll before the summer ends.
Film
28e
As Gaivotas Cortam o Céu
Mariana Bártolo & Guillermo García López
France, Portugal, Fiction
Dense atmosphere of change and union strikes in Porto’s harbor. Clara, owner of a fishermen’s bar threatened by closure, finds in the arms of Raquel, waitress on cruise ships, the only shelter to express her fears and contradictions.
Film
28e
Atomic Chicken
Thibault Ermeneux & Lucie Lyfoung & Solène Polet & Capucine Prat & Anna Uglova & Morgane Siriex
France, Animation
A chicken coop set up at the foot of a nuclear power plant sees its daily life turned upside down by a series of comic, cartoon-style mutations.
Film
28e
Audio y el Caimán
Andres I. Estrada
Canada (Quebec), Venezuela,
Audio Caña is a charming grandfather and farmer who spends his days entertaining his friends and family
with fantastic stories. Yet when he boldly claims that a 10ft alligator is living in his pond, no one believes
him. Set over the backdrop of the Venezuelan Plains, Audio embarks on a quest to hunt down the alligator
and prove its existence to his friends with the help of his family and 6 year-old granddaughter.
Film
28e
Battery Mommy
Seungbae Jeon
South Korea, Animation
Battery Mommy manages various stuffs in the nursery, such as soap bubble guns, cameras, and thermometers. During the children's nap time, one winter day, Battery Mommy finds out the Christmas tree in the nursery is on fire. She urgently runs to the fire alarm to safely rescue the sleeping children…
Film
28e
Bay of herons
Jared James Lank
United States, Documentary
The power of nature and inevitability of changing seasons set the tone for this visual essay exploring the complex emotions of a Mi’kmaq man witnessing the destruction of his homelands.
Film
28e
Beurk !
Loïc Espuche
France, Animation
Yuck! Couples kissing on the mouth are gross. And the worst is, you can’t miss them: when people are about to kiss, their lips become all pink and shiny. Little Léo laughs at them, just like all the kids at the summer camp. But he has a secret he won’t tell his friends: his own mouth has actually begun glistening. And, in reality, Léo desperately wants to give kissing a try.