Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
27e
Generation Impact: The Coder
Samantha Knowles
United States, Documentary
Jay Jay Patton was only 13 when she designed and built Photo Patch, a mobile app to help kids send photos and letters to parents who are incarcerated. The app was inspired by Jay Jay’s own experience; her dad was in prison for five years and it was difficult to communicate with him as much as she wanted.

Film
27e
Gewesen sein wird
Sasha Pirker
Austria, Experimentation
The film is a poetic ramble through the apartment of Heinz Frank, Viennese artist and architect, who transformed his apartment into a work of art during his lifetime. His daughter Lilli Breuer has been fighting for the preservation of this little treasure since his death.
Film
27e
HARVEY
Janice Nadeau
France, Canada (Quebec), Animation
For Harvey, this spring will be the most significant of his life, as it is the season his father will disappear.
Film
27e
HIStory
James Pakootas
United States, Experimentation
A captivating spoken word piece poetically displaying the historical traumas of Indigenous peoples through the lens of a Native American.
Film
27e
Habib & The Thief
Naures Sager
Sweden, Fiction
Two Arab men are playing a sexy game but get interrupted by one of their biggest fears – a threat from the Arab world.

Film
27e
Hairy Pouter
Chris Carboni
United States, Animation
Lillian is 98. She just finished reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. This is her book review as interpreted by an AI image generator.
Film
27e
Heart Fruit
Kim Allamand
Switzerland, Fiction
City people set off into a warm late summer night. Glances meet in a library. At a workout, two men discuss where to buy love. A couple kisses intimately. A couple explains themselves in therapy. Full of hope they wander into the unknown.
Film
27e
Heartbeat of a Nation
Eric Janvier
Canada (Alberta), Documentary
In Heartbeat of a Nation, a short documentary that celebrates Dene cultural reclamation and revitalization, a father passes on traditional knowledge to his child through the teachings of a caribou drum.
Film
27e
Hubbards
Kevin Ralston
United States, Fiction
An intense dive into the world of one man and his quest.
Film
27e
IF
Didier Charette
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
When Ryan and his imaginary friend JO embark on their ultimate adventure together, Ryan is forced to confront his ultimate fear.