La Course destination monde is a Canadian reality competition television series, which aired on Télévision de Radio-Canada from 1988 to 1999. The series was a filmmaking competition which sent young emerging filmmakers from Quebec around the world to make short films about their destinations, with prizes awarded at the conclusion of each season to the best films coming out of the competition.[1]
| La Course destination monde | |
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| Presented by | Michel Désautels |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | French |
| No. of series | 11 |
| Production | |
| Production company | Société Radio-Canada |
| Original release | |
| Network | Télévision de Radio-Canada |
| Release | 8 October 1988 – 11 April 1999 |
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| La Course autour du monde Le Grand Raid Le Cap Terre de Feu | |
The series was inspired by the prior French series La Course autour du monde and Le Grand Raid Le Cap Terre de Feu.
The show premiered in 1988 as La Course des Amériques, sending filmmakers to destinations in North and South America.[2] The second season, La Course Amérique-Afrique, continued to highlight destinations in the Americas as well as opening to destinations in Africa, while the third season, La Course Europe-Asie, centred on destinations in Europe and Asia. From the fourth season onward, the show was titled La Course destination monde, and permitted filmmakers to travel to anywhere in the world.
Many of the participants in the series have gone on to noteworthy careers in Quebec's media and arts industries, although not all as film directors.[3]
Participants
edit1988–1989
edit- Prize winners: Catherine Fol (winner), Étienne de Massy (2nd), Nathalie Goulet (3rd)[4]
- Other competitors: Romain Alarie, Claude Dallaire, Stéphane Laporte, Yves Munn, Allan Quinn
1989–1990
edit- Prize winners: Stéphane Drolet (winner), Marc Cayer (2nd), Anne-Marie Poulin (3rd)[5]
- Other competitors: François Colas, François Dagenais, Hugues Dufour, André Gariépy, Jean-Robert Morin
1990–1991
edit- Prize winners: Denis Villeneuve (winner), Brigitte Nadeau (2nd), Patrick Masbourian (3rd)[6]
- Other competitors: Sébastien Bage, Sabrina Berreghis, Bruno Boulianne, Karina Goma, Stéphane Thibault
1991–1992
edit- Prize winners: Marie-Claude Harvey (winner), Marc Forget (2nd), Sophie Lambert (3rd), Gérald Gilbert [7]
- Other competitors: Jennifer Alleyn, Jacques Blondin, Sophia Borovchyk, Louis-Perpinan Huard
1992–1993
edit- Prize winner: Philippe Falardeau (winner), Patrick Demers (2nd), Manuel Foglia (3rd)[8]
- Other competitors: Sophie Bolduc, Simon Dallaire, Pierre Deslandes, Violaine Gagnon, Marc Roberge
1993–1994
edit- Prize winners: Guy Nantel (winner), Marie-France Bojanowski (2nd), Catherine Rondeau (3rd)[9]
- Other competitors: Marie-Julie Dallaire, Isabelle Leblanc, Chloé Mercier, Félix Nguyen, Stéphane Prévost
1994–1995
edit- Winners: François Prévost, Ricardo Trogi (joint 1st)[10]
- Other competitors: Hugo Latulippe, Étienne Leblanc, Emmanuelle Morris Waters, François Parenteau, Brunhilde Pradier, Robert Victor
1995–1996
edit- Winner: Philippe Desrosiers[11]
- Other competitors: Jean-François Coulombe, Patrick Brunette, Manon Dauphinais, Linda Lamarche, Stéphane Lapointe, Nathalie Martin, Marie-Noëlle Swiderski
1996–1997
edit- Martin Bourgault, Pascal Brouard, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Danic Champoux, Antoine Laprise, Judith Provencher d'Assylva, Pascal Sanchez, Alexis Turgeon
1997–1998
edit- Robin Aubert, Meissoon Azzaria, Dominic Desjardins, Nicolas Desrosiers, Yves-Christian Fournier, Myriam Fréchette, Robin McKenna, François Péloquin
1998–1999
edit- Prize winners: Maryse Legagneur (winner), Martin Fournier (2nd), Mélanie Tardif (3rd)
- Other competitors: Isabelle Boulanger, Nathalie Cloutier, Valérie Galarneau, Catherine-Isabelle Giasson, Frédéric Gieling
Legacy
editThe series inspired the English Canadian series Road Movies,[12] and the Australian series Race Around the World.[13]
Ricardo Trogi's participation in the 1994–95 season of the series is dramatized in his 2024 film 1995, the fourth in his semi-autobiographical series of films starring Jean-Carl Boucher as a fictionalized version of Trogi.[14]
References
edit- ^ Natasha Gauthier, "Chasing dreams on La Course". Montreal Gazette, September 24, 1995.
- ^ "Shows for children, youth highlight CBOFT season". Ottawa Citizen, September 3, 1988.
- ^ Nathaëlle Morissette and Marc Cassivi, "Ex-concurrents de la Course destination monde: que sont-ils devenus?". La Presse, October 23, 2010.
- ^ "Catherine Fol à l'ONF en juin". La Presse, April 29, 1989.
- ^ Ghislaine Rheault, "Stéphane Drolet, gagnant de la course Amérique-Afrique: La souffrance du Petit Prince"]. Le Soleil, March 11, 1990.
- ^ Rollande Allard-Lacerte, "Brassebouillon et compagnie". Le Devoir, March 14, 1991.
- ^ "Gilbert rafle trois des huit prix". La Tribune, March 30, 1992.
- ^ Marie Lecomte, "Les globe-trotters de la Course rentrent au bercail". La Presse, April 3, 1993.
- ^ Jennifer Alleyn, "La Course Destination Monde récompense ses globe-trotters". Le Devoir, March 21, 1994.
- ^ Jacques Drapeau, "Prévost et Trogi savourent leur victoire". Le Soleil, April 24, 1995.
- ^ Sylvain Larocque, "Philippe Desrosiers, le prof qui gagne la course". La Presse, May 19, 1996.
- ^ Bill Anderson, "In Road Movies, CBC lets youths tell own tales; Network gets fresh viewpoints - and a TV series for $100,000 an episode". Montreal Gazette, July 17, 1992.
- ^ The electronic reporter : broadcast journalism in Australia (2nd ed.). University of New South Wales Press. 2006. ISBN 0868404950.
- ^ "Le tournage du dernier film de Ricardo Trogi, «1995», commence". Le Devoir, October 10, 2023.