Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
27e
Les battues
Rafaël Beauchamp
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
In the heart of a foggy and rural Quebec winter, Luce, a grieving mother faced with the disappearance of her son, is taken aback when three local hunters track down the alleged killer, a seemingly harmless young man.

Film
27e
Les cordes
Geneviève Chartrand
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Film
27e
Les oiseaux du paradis
Gabriel-Antoine Roy
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Sam and Phil smoke a joint in a nice car.
Film
27e
Les yeux bandés
Jimmy G. Pettigrew & Geneviève Chartrand
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
At the end of his shift, a cook from a small diner downton receives the weekly visit of its potato delivery man. But a mistake in the order sparks a gastronomic and passionate meeting.
Film
27e
Letter to a Pig
Tal Kantor
Israel, France, Animation
A Holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life. A young schoolgirl hears his testimony in class and sinks into a twisted dream where she confronts questions of identity, collective trauma, and the extremes of human nature.

Film
27e
Luce et le Rocher
Britt Raes
France, Belgium, Netherlands, Animation
One day, out of nowhere, a giant Rock lays in the middle of the peaceful little village where Luce lives. The villagers can’t even open the door to their houses anymore! Luce is angry: go away Rock, you don’t belong here! And why are you here anyway?

Film
27e
Là où vit la sorcière
Mariel Sharp
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
After moving into an old isolated house with her newly-single mother and her little sister, 12 year old Cassie begins to suspect that her family is being tormented by the spirit of a sadistic River Witch.
Film
27e
Maale Akravim
Yaniv Linton
Israel, Fiction
80-year-old Tzvi tries to educate his rebellious grandson by taking him on a trip to the desert, only to find out that the generational gap between them is as wide as the extreme sceneries surrounding them. The impossible journey comes to its end in the only imaginable way.
Film
27e
Madeleine
Raquel Sancinetti
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
FIPRESCI International Critics' Award winning film

Every week, two friends born 67 years apart share their life stories in a senior home's living room. The younger friend convinces the 107-year-old lady to join her in an adventure: a road trip to the sea.
Film
27e
Mamita
Luis Molinié
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Exiled in Montreal, alone, for years, Mamita, returns to Peru, to her slum of Laderas de Chillón. She was able to free herself for a short week in order to attend her daughter, Mari's, eminent wedding.