Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
28e
Princesse Aubergine
Dina Velikovskaya
Germany, Animation
A king and a queen have almost everything, but something is missing. Desperate as they are, they search for the perfect seed to grow a child, but the only thing flourishing is their garden.
Film
28e
Qu'y a-t-il dans la boîte ?
Bram Algoed
Belgium, Animation
L'histoire d'un pilote, d'un capitaine, d'un machiniste, d'un chauffeur, d'un facteur, d'une fille... et d'une boîte géante. Qu'y a-t-il dans la boîte, la boîte géante que le pilote a ramenée d'un pays très très lointain ? Probablement un éléphant, pense le capitaine, et il charge très soigneusement la caisse sur son navire. Le navire boitille et vacille en haute mer. Une forte rafale brise les parois de la boîte en grinçant. Et qu'y a-t-il dans la boîte ? Encore une boîte !
Film
28e
Quem Salva
Laure Devin & Maxime Bourstin & Nathan Medam & Charles Hechinger & Titouan Jaouen
France, Animation
Sidnei is a young recruit of the fire department fighting forest fires in the Amazon. During his first mission, he will be separated from the group and will have to undertake a perilous mission, guided by his mentor, Joao. Sidnei will be confronted with a choice: follow the orders of the hierarchy or save a thousand-year-old tree at the risk of his life.
Film
28e
RETROVERTIGO : Enfant-Forme
Badminton Plus
, Experimentation
" On lève le bras, ça sent le caca. On tourne la page ça sent le fromage. On lève le bassin ça sent l'arrière-train. On lève le nez, ça sent le café . On va relaxeeerrrr "
Film
28e
Rainboy
Barbara Brunner
Switzerland, Animation
Rainboy isn't a common gardener. He plants drops and grows clouds. While working he injures the vain sun. Revenge! The prognosis for the boy is bleak, but he teams up with the clouds and thus manages to brighten the sun's spirits again.
Film
28e
Rally
Santiago Menghini
Canada (Quebec), Animation
Two underground smugglers in a modified rally car transport an unwilling hostage across a contested border.
Film
28e
Remember, Broken Crayons Colour Too
Shannet Clemmings & Ursa Kastelic
Switzerland, Documentary
Shannet, a Black Transgender woman from Jamaica, shares her journey of healing as she wanders the empty streets of a European city.
Film
28e
Return
Hofesh Shechter
Israel, Experimentation
There is no better way to celebrate being alive than through the lens of death. It gives real perspective on life, gives it meaning in a way. Return does not necessarily refer to a return from the dead, but “a way of bringing a person’s spirit back to life.
Film
28e
Richard Cardinal : le cri d'un enfant métis
Alanis Obomsawin
Canada (Unceded Territories), Documentary
Richard Cardinal committed suicide at the age of 17, after spending most of his life in numerous foster homes and shelters throughout Alberta. In this short documentary, Abenaki director Alanis Obomsawin weaves together excerpts from the young man’s diary to create a powerful tribute to his short life. Released in 1984, decades before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the film revealed the systematic neglect and abuse of First Nations children in Canada’s child welfare system. Winner of the Best Documentary Award at the American Indian Film Festival in 1986, the film was shown at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 2008 as part of a retrospective devoted to Alanis Obomsawin and continues to be broadcast worldwide.
Film
28e
Saint-Sacrifice
Jean-claude Leblanc
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
He had promised her love and faithfulness until death do them part, but Antoine, the widower, will be willing to lose his soul to be reunited with his wife on the other side.