Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
28e
The Name
Alexander Aguilar
France, Animation
Conflicted and alienated with his given name. A young kid struggles to live a double life in secret, fearing that coming out might tear apart his relationship with his mom.
Film
28e
Then Comes The Body
Jacob Krupnick
United States, Nigeria, Documentary
When a video of kids dancing in the rain goes viral, it brings global attention to an unlikely ballet school outside Lagos, Nigeria. Now, Daniel Ajala -- who learned ballet over YouTube -- is training students to perform on the world stage.
Film
28e
Thick Skin
Laura Steiner
Colombia, Experimentation
To be able to live in Bogotá, you need a skin than can adapt, that can turn reptilian when it doesn't stop raining for weeks and that can go soft when the woman in the corner shop gives you a free morning coffee. Thick Skin is a dance film that takes the viewer through the Colombian capital high above the Andes with stylized movement that speaks of life in the bustling city.
Film
28e
This is TMI
Subarna Dash & Vidushi Gupta
India, Animation
Big boobs vs. small boobs, who has it worse? A group of women, over a drink, discusses in what ways being a part of a conservative society affects how we feel about our own breasts- which, at the end of the day, are just lumps of fat.
Film
28e
Tournesol
Natalia Chernysheva
France, Russia, Animation
A sunflower like no other chooses to take a new look at his environment, he will discover a totally different universe…
Film
28e
Trois Vagins qui Crient
Alexia Roc
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Three Screaming Vaginas is a triptych short film which interweaves three respective intimate stories. It immerses us in the daily lives of three women, revealing the challenges and splendors of the vaginal experience, with humor and sincerity.
Film
28e
Tête en l'air
Rémi Durin
France, Belgium, Animation
Alfonso, a young squirrel, always has his head in the clouds. He loves watching them and sometimes takes snapshots of them. His parents and friends find it hard to take his hobby seriously. But cloud-gazing is not always easy – Alfonso sometimes has to be as brave as some of the great explorers of our times...
Film
28e
UWD
Myriam Verreault & Brigitte Poupart
Canada (Quebec), Experimentation
A poetic crossover in a ruined world where each one survives alone in the collective disarray. The bodies in movement, dance and physical prowess replace the word and embody and reveal bruised characters, haunted by a past that is sweeter than this crumbling world.
Film
28e
Un dernier hommage
Megan Durnford
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Every year, hundreds of Quebecers die in such dire circumstances that their bodies are neither claimed nor honoured.
In 2014, l’Abbé Paradis created a ceremony to celebrate the lives of these people.
Film
28e
Un trou dans la poitrine
Alexandra Myotte & Jean-Sébastien Hamel
Canada (Quebec), Animation
In a run-down neighborhood, Zoe and her little brother Theo are left to fend for themselves. A young adolescent, Zoe is a ball of anger haunted by an intimate terror. Theo, still a child, flees reality into a fantastical world. During a scorching summer day, the two children will have to burst the abscess of their relationship so as not to lose each other.