Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
28e
Déjà Nu
Rolf Hellat
Senegal, Switzerland, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Experimentation
Voices, rhythms, existences in nature and civilization intertwine into an audiovisual poem about the body, the mind and finitude.
Film
28e
EarthWorm
Phillip Barker
Canada (Ontario), Experimentation
Canadian Grand Priz winning film offered by the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi and MTL Grandé

EarthWorm brings together elements of modern dance, experimental film, and sc-fi to create a modern cautionary tale.
Sean’s mission on Earth is to help humans survive extinction. However, confronted with ‘Earth’s pointless gravity’, Sean’s body weakens. He seeks the help of a domesticated horse, who introduces him to poetry. He continues to collect samples: animals, worms, and the very children who have befriended him.
Film
28e
Entre las sombras arden mundos
Ismael Garcia Ramirez
Colombia, Fiction
Tired of her life with her husband, a woman decides to leave her home to spend a night of euphoria with her son and a group of friends.
Film
28e
Entropy
Inuk Jørgensen
Greenland, Documentary
Inuit folklore has always dealt with community and drew inspiration from the immediate environment—the ice, sea, and land. As a people, we thrived in proximity to the Arctic ice, yet what happens now, as the ice is disappearing, will affect not just the Inuit communities of the far North, but everyone. Told from an Indigenous perspective and intertwined with Greenlandic folklore the film explores the decades old relationship between Inuit of Greenland and the ice cap, set against the backdrop of the current climate crisis.
Film
28e
Et eksempel: Dem på gulvet
Selma Sunniva
Denmark, Fiction
Special mention of the Quebec Critic Award AQCC
Jury Award winning film
offered by Guilde Canadienne des réalisateurs, Post-Moderne and Cinéma Moderne

A typical evening shift at a psychiatric facility goes horribly wrong for an overworked nurse.
Film
28e
European man, american beach
Rex Shannon
United States, Fiction
A European man goes naked to an American beach. A clothed American beachgoer takes offense, and a brawl ensues.
Film
28e
Extraordinary Mona
Sarah Van Dale
Belgium, Documentary
Mona is an imaginative teenager who— like her brother — struggles with ASD. She is on the eve of a giant step in her life: she will make the transition to mainstream education. She has to say goodbye to her classmates and make new friends. An exciting new world is opening up for her, but that creates extra tension.
Film
28e
Extras
Marc-Antoine Lemire
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
International FIPRESCI Critic’s Award winning film offerd by Bureau du Cinéma de Saguenay and SLA Location
Public Award of the Focus Competition winning film offerd by Outpost MTL

EXT. DAY - A sunny Sunday morning on a café terrace: Isabelle, an actor whose career is in a rut, meets Johanne, her agent, who might have a new part for her. Tension mounts both at the table and in the surroundings. Will expectations be met?
Film
28e
February Sixteenth Nineteen Forty-Seven
Jessica Miinguuaqtii
Canada (Unceded Territories), Animation
Inuk Elder Levinia Brown tells how she was born while her family was travelling by dog team across the open tundra. Hand-stitched cutout stop motion animation illustrates her oral history.
Film
28e
Forward Back
Mistaya Hemingway & Kaveh Nabatian
Canada (Quebec), Experimentation
With movement inspired by Merce Cunningham's iconic piece "50 Looks," a group of dancers move together through a vast landscape seemingly plucked from an alternate future. Just as changing light infiltrates the choreography, so do 35mm negative manipulations, compelling the dancers to engage with forces beyond time.