Saguenay international
short film festival

Film
28e
A Bear Named Jesus
Terril Calder
Canada (Unceded Territories), Animation
At Aunty Gladys’ funeral, Archer Pechawis heard a tap on the window -- it was a bear named Jesus... an allegory for religious interference, with an aching yet humorous look at estrangement and mourning for the loss of someone still living.
Film
28e
A kind of testament
Stephen Vuillemin
France, Animation
A young woman comes across animations on the Internet that have clearly been created from her private selfies. An unknown female with the same name confesses to identity theft. But death is quicker than the answer to the question: “Why?”
Film
28e
A menos que bailemos
Hanz Rippe Gabriel & Fernanda Pineda Palencia
Colombia, Documentary
Bonays, an Afro dance teacher, undertakes an initiative to rescue young people from the crime that stalks Quibdó, the city with the highest homicide rates in Colombia. This is how Black Boys Chocó emerged, a dance company where hundreds of young people face brutal destinies through a passion. Unless We Dance portrays union and dance as the greatest expression of shielding the Afro people; it is a tribute to their act of resilience and to all the lives that have been lost along the way.
Film
28e
Alfie
Alexandra Nadeau
Canada (Quebec), Documentary
Now settled in Montreal for the past two years, Alfredo is integrating into his new city thanks to one of his passions: burlesque. This film was produced in 1 month as part of the 2022 Canadian Regions Challenge.
Film
28e
Ancestral Threads
Sean Stiller
Canada (Unceded Territories), Documentary
Follow Joleen Mitton on her mission to use fashion as medicine for Vancouver’s Indigenous community. A former fashion model, Joleen is now a community leader and founder of Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week.
Film
28e
Antitutoriel
Léonie Savard
Canada (Quebec), Animation
Alone in front of her mirror, a woman enters the controversial universe of her creativity.
Film
28e
Après juin, avant août
Adrien Lemire & Lambert Desjardins
Czech Republic, Canada (Quebec), Fiction
Milo just arrived in Prague for a student exchange and meets Aleš and Jan. The three young men live an idyll before the summer ends.
Film
28e
As Gaivotas Cortam o Céu
Mariana Bártolo & Guillermo García López
France, Portugal, Fiction
Dense atmosphere of change and union strikes in Porto’s harbor. Clara, owner of a fishermen’s bar threatened by closure, finds in the arms of Raquel, waitress on cruise ships, the only shelter to express her fears and contradictions.
Film
28e
Atomic Chicken
Thibault Ermeneux & Lucie Lyfoung & Solène Polet & Capucine Prat & Anna Uglova & Morgane Siriex
France, Animation
A chicken coop set up at the foot of a nuclear power plant sees its daily life turned upside down by a series of comic, cartoon-style mutations.
Film
28e
Audio y el Caimán
Andres I. Estrada
Canada (Quebec), Venezuela,
Audio Caña is a charming grandfather and farmer who spends his days entertaining his friends and family
with fantastic stories. Yet when he boldly claims that a 10ft alligator is living in his pond, no one believes
him. Set over the backdrop of the Venezuelan Plains, Audio embarks on a quest to hunt down the alligator
and prove its existence to his friends with the help of his family and 6 year-old granddaughter.