La Course destination monde
Also known as
  • La Course des Amériques
  • La Course Amérique-Afrique
  • La Course Europe-Asie
Genre
Presented byMichel Désautels
Country of originCanada
Original languageFrench
No. of series11
Production
Production companySociété Radio-Canada
Original release
NetworkTélévision de Radio-Canada
Release8 October 1988 (1988-10-08) –
11 April 1999 (1999-04-11)
Related
La Course autour du monde
Le Grand Raid Le Cap Terre de Feu

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]

The series was inspired by the prior French series La Course autour du monde [fr] 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

1988–1989

1989–1990

1990–1991

1991–1992

1992–1993

1993–1994

1994–1995

1995–1996

1996–1997

1997–1998

1998–1999

Legacy

The 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 forthcoming film 1995, the fourth in his semi-autobiographical series of films starring Jean-Carl Boucher as a fictionalized version of Trogi.[14]

References

  1. ^ Natasha Gauthier, "Chasing dreams on La Course". Montreal Gazette, September 24, 1995.
  2. ^ "Shows for children, youth highlight CBOFT season". Ottawa Citizen, September 3, 1988.
  3. ^ Nathaëlle Morissette and Marc Cassivi, "Ex-concurrents de la Course destination monde: que sont-ils devenus?". La Presse, October 23, 2010.
  4. ^ "Catherine Fol à l'ONF en juin". La Presse, April 29, 1989.
  5. ^ Ghislaine Rheault, "Stéphane Drolet, gagnant de la course Amérique-Afrique: La souffrance du Petit Prince"]. Le Soleil, March 11, 1990.
  6. ^ Rollande Allard-Lacerte, "Brassebouillon et compagnie". Le Devoir, March 14, 1991.
  7. ^ "Gilbert rafle trois des huit prix". La Tribune, March 30, 1992.
  8. ^ Marie Lecomte, "Les globe-trotters de la Course rentrent au bercail". La Presse, April 3, 1993.
  9. ^ Jennifer Alleyn, "La Course Destination Monde récompense ses globe-trotters". Le Devoir, March 21, 1994.
  10. ^ Jacques Drapeau, "Prévost et Trogi savourent leur victoire". Le Soleil, April 24, 1995.
  11. ^ Sylvain Larocque, "Philippe Desrosiers, le prof qui gagne la course". La Presse, May 19, 1996.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ The electronic reporter : broadcast journalism in Australia (2nd ed.). University of New South Wales Press. 2006. ISBN 0868404950.
  14. ^ "Le tournage du dernier film de Ricardo Trogi, «1995», commence". Le Devoir, October 10, 2023.
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