REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival is hosting a new competition this year: Indigenous Regards, which promises to make “indigenousness shine brightly”.
This is what the organizers announced on Thursday, unveiling the program for this 28e edition of the festival, which will take place from March 20 to 24. The new category is part of the Focus Competition, which aims to highlight emerging creators, independent films and underrepresented voices.
“This first vintage is the fruit of a long journey, but also the starting point of an evolving journey,” writes in a press release the festival team, which wishes to eventually set up a tour of the Indigenous Perspectives program in the indigenous communities. This year, nine indigenous films from Canada, the United States and Greenland will be presented, including Dirty hands, co-directed by Julien G. Marcotte and Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush. The 17-minute short film tells the story of Marie, an indigenous slave in New France.
A total of 205 films
The full REGARD festival program contains an impressive total of 205 films, from 56 countries and spread across 35 programs. The public will be treated to around a hundred world, North American and Canadian premieres.
“Among the many new features to discover, let us cite among others the very surprising Extra(s) by Marc-Antoine Lemire, the disturbing Someone’s trying to get in by Colin Nixon, the cacophonous Your ears by Alexandre Isabelle, the fascinating The animals are better by Nathan Ghali, the bitter sweetness of Paper boat dreams by Samuel Suffren and the very endearing Audio y el caiman by Andres I. Estrada,” emphasize the organizers.
Consult the program and information on passports and single tickets