Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
27e
Bergen, Norvège
Alexia Roc
Canada (Quebec), Experimentation
Shoot No Matter What Award winning film

A woman finds the exact address of her abuser's apartment in her cell phone memory. She tries to find the facade that most resembles it.
Film
27e
Bgirl Badli
Charlotte De Cort
Belgium, Documentary
Inside Mali's head, everything is dancing. She's a bgirl, 'breaking' her way from battle to battle. But she's looking for more. The tough bgirl is also an insecure teenager, seeking to express her individuality. Through dancing!

Film
27e
Bijou de famille
Martin Talbot
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
A building, a suspicious death, a missing ring... A police comedy.
Film
27e
Bleue
Anne-Marie Bouchard
Canada (Quebec), Animation
An improvised film around the color blue and a questioning. This gestural film is woven over my moods during the pandemic lock-down.
Film
27e
Bonne fête le désordre
Jean-Martin Gagnon & Guillaume Harvey
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Public Award - Official Competition winning film

A small gang who likes to film radicalized political video content discover that a beaver living on their small piece of land has built an enormous dam that could flood them anytime. Something to give them many ideas for their next revolutionary coup d'éclat.
Film
27e
Boom
Gabriel Augerai & Charles Di Cicco & Romain Augier & Laurie Pereira De Figueiredo & Yannick Jacquin
France, Animation
A couple of dumb birds tries its best to protect its eggs from a volcano eruption.
Film
27e
Buurman Abdi
Douwe Dijkstra
Netherlands, Documentary
Best Documentary Film Award winning film

How can you understand a violent past? Somali-born Abdi reenacts his life, marked by war and criminality, with the help of his neighbour, filmmaker Douwe. Through playful reconstructions in a special effects studio, they embark on a candid and investigative journey through a painful history, focusing on the creative process throughout.
Film
27e
C'est dangereux la mort, ça pourrait faire mal
Mariane Béliveau
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Three rhythmic storylines are characterized by rituals of everyday life, coalescing around a common experience: that of shooting up as a mode of drug use.
Film
27e
Canary
Pierre-Hugues Dallaire & Benoit Therriault
Canada (Quebec), Animation
A young boy named Sonny works in an underground coal mine with the adults, taking care of the canary that detects deadly methane gas.
Film
27e
Caresses magiques (Masturbation : la petite histoire d'un grand tabou)
Lori Malépart-Traversy
Canada (Quebec), Animation
History as it was never taught in school. This animated short looks back at the surprising story of our relationship with masturbation—and its repression—from prehistory to today.