Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
28e
Unclean
Simon Chouinard
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Shoot No Matter What Award winning film offerd by Unis TV, PRIM and Spira

During his night shift, a public pool janitor becomes the target of an unseen entity, which seems determined not to let him leave the building.
Film
28e
User, brûler, fuir
Romane Lepage
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
After a long trip abroad, Aurelie reunites with her friend and her memories, but above all with Arnaud, whom she had left without warning.
Film
28e
Vibrations from Gaza
Rehab Nazzal
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
"Vibrations from Gaza" offers a glimpse into the experiences of deaf children in the colonized and confined coastal territory of Gaza, Palestine, particularly the violence to which they are subjected by Israeli military operations. Born and raised under the frequent assaults of the occupying forces, children Amani, Musa, Israa and others recite vivid memories of their experiences of bombardment and the constant presence of military drones in their skies.
Film
28e
Virgin Marie
Maxime Robin
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- Je suis gynécologue à domicile. Je fait clinique sans rendez-vous. Laissez-moi entrer, laissez-moi entrer !
Film
28e
Voguing with Beethoven
Emilie Norenberg
Norway, Experimentation
In connection to Beethoven’s 250th jubilee, high culture meets subculture in this short film about identity and belonging presented by the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
Film
28e
Wander to Wonder
Nina Gantz
Netherlands, Animation
Mary, Billybud and Fumbleton are three miniature, human actors who perform in an eighties kids TV series called “Wander to Wonder”. After the creator of the series has died, they are left alone in the studio. With their slowly decaying costumes and growing hunger, they continue to make increasingly strange episodes for their fans.
Film
28e
What The Soil Remembers
José Cardoso
South Africa, Ecuador, Documentary
"What the Soil Remembers," examines the trauma of a community uprooted during the Apartheid regime, making way for an educational institution that would become synonymous with the foundation of white supremacist ideologies. The film follows a group of elders who illuminate the screen with their approach to the problem. The collective wisdom and patience embedded in their actions is what a nationalist regime tried to violently take away from them years earlier.
Film
28e
Where Motion Has Not Yet Ceased
Juliette Balthazard
Czech Republic, Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Prague, 2022 - Having found refuge from the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, two women and their young daughters face the waiting and hope of an imminent return to Ukraine. Shelved in this city, these women tell the story of their past and give access to their daily life, their present, in which they try to learn how to live again.

This documentary tries to give a voice to those who live war differently.
Film
28e
Window
Line Pillet
Belgium, Fiction
Window shows a day in the life of window cleaner, Sam, who arrives at a residential block in Brussels with no windows. In her search for the missing windows, she meets characters who confront her with herself and her loneliness. Gently, she breaks through her isolation and starts to interact with others.
Film
28e
Woman
Gilnaz Arzpeyma & Arash Akhgari
Canada (Quebec), Animation
Woman is the first part of a trilogy that engages with the Iranian feminist revolution from the vantage point of diaspora. Through documentary media showcasing protesters on the streets, the film presents their civil disobedience as a collective performance, and explores the emerging narrative for woman, life and freedom.