Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
27e
Somnus
Hicham Chérif d'Ouazzane
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
At the twilight of the 70s, a writer lies in his bed in a motel bedroom. Haunted by his encounter with the receptionist, he takes refuge in the story he is creating. That is when his writings incarnate themselves to offer him another reality…
Film
27e
Soup is Good Food
Alexandre Thériault
Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Francis has lived alone in his home for years. His world collapses when he is told that he has only five minutes to leave the place and collect his belongings.
Film
27e
Spring Roll Dream
Mai Vu
United Kingdom, Animation
Linh is a Vietnamese single mother who’s successfully forged a life for herself and her son in America. But but one day, her father visits from Vietnam and insists on cooking the family a traditional Vietnamese meal…


Film
27e
Strange Beasts
Darcy Prendergast
Australia, Documentary
Strange Beasts is a look at the meteoric rise and fall of the Bacchus Marsh Lion Safari, as told through the eyes of Ron Prendergast; a then 18 year old big cat keeper. From its initial boom, to its protracted closure, the park remains shrouded in mystery and folklore. Until now.
Film
27e
Subway Stops
Joe Zakko
United States, Documentary
A cinematic experience of the New York subways, featuring the commuters, panhandlers, and performers passing through.
A film about bodies moving through space.
Film
27e
Summer Nights
Virgile Ratelle
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Under the cover of night, skaters claim back the streets.
Film
27e
Sur la piste des caribous
Denys Desjardins
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
A meditation on the passage of time, the territory we inhabit and the bonds that unite us.

Film
27e
Sèt Lam
Vincent Fontano
France, Fiction
In an insular city’s ghetto, in the midst of a trance ritual, a young girl is paralysed by fear. She is afraid her loved ones may be hurt or even disappear. It is then that her grandmother tells her the strange tale of Edwardo, the first one of his kind to have seen and fought death.
Film
27e
TOUCH
Brittney Canda & Kyra Jean Green
Canada (Quebec), Experimentation
TOUCH takes place in an imagined future: in this future, humans have been living without physical contact for a very long time, for unmentioned reasons.
Film
27e
Terra Mater
Kantarama Gahigiri
Switzerland, Rwanda, Other
Technology and waste, in our lands, our systems, our bones. Wandering our spaces, she cannot help but wonder, where is the space for healing?