Competition

Call for entries

Regional competition

Deadline: January 9, 2026

Filmmakers from the region are invited to submit their short films to the Prix Pierre-Javaux award for short films in the Estrie region.

Short films received will be evaluated and selected by a jury. The best films will be screened during the festival week. The finalist films will be announced in march 2026.

Among this selection, the jury will decide on the award recipient for the Prix Pierre-Javaux – Meilleur court métrage de l’Estrie (Best regional short film of Estrie region).

Filmmakers of the selected films will be contacted in February 2026.

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS :

– Only Short films from 5 to 30 minutes are admissible.
– Filmmakers must be residents of the Estrie region, at the time of depositing.
– The minimum age required to participate in the competition is 16, at the time of depositing.
– Only short films produced after january 1, 2024 are eligible.
– The film must be submitted for the first time at FCMS.
– Film genres accepted are: fiction, documentary, animation and experimental.
– Applicants may submit more than one film if they want to, maximum of 2 films.
– Film must have been submited before january 9, 2026.
– Complete applications will be prioritized.

Read the terms and conditions here!

FILM SUBMISSION

Each year, the Festival cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke bestows three Cercle d’or awards and the Prix Coup de cœur du public presented by Radio-Canada.

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FILMS IN COMPETITION

PRICES

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Each year, the Festival’s programming committee submits 5 dramatic features and 5 documentary features for competition. A panel rewards one film chosen in each category.

Prizes awarded:
– Cercle d’or Meilleur long métrage de fiction (Best Dramatic Feature award)
– Cercle d’or Meilleur long métrage documentaire (Best Documentary Feature award)

REGIONAL COMPETITION

Following a call for short films from the region, a panel selects short films from Estrie to be presented during the Festival. Among this selection, the panel awards the Prix Pierre-Javaux – Meilleur court métrage de l’Estrie, and a grant.

Prizes awarded:
– Prix Pierre-Javaux – Meilleur court métrage de l’Estrie (Best short film of Estrie region)

PRIX COUP DE COEUR DU PUBLIC

The Prix Coup de cœur du public presented by Radio-Canada is voted on by festival goers. This award goes to the public’s favourite dramatic feature film.

AWARD:
– Prix Coup de cœur du public, presented by Radio-Canada

Winners of previous editions

2025 | Aïcha, by Mehdi M. Barsaoui.
2024 | Àma Gloria, by Marie Amachoukeli
2023 | Le Bleu du caftan, by Maryam Touzani
2022 | Freda, by Gessica Geneus
2021 | La nuit des rois, by Philippe Lacôte
2019 | Les Chatouilles, by Andréa Bescond and Éric Métayer
2018 | Une famille syrienne, by Philippe Van Leeuw
2017 | Home Care, by Slávek Horák
2016 | Trois fenêtres et une pendaison, by Isa Qosja
2015 | Ex aequo : Cañada Morrison (Sciences Naturelles), by Matías Lucchesi et Jimmy P., by Arnaud Desplechin

2025 | Au boulot !, by Gilles Perret et François Ruffin
2024 | La Mère de tous les mensonges, by Asmae El Moudir
2023 | Au-delà du papier, by Oana Suteu Khintirian
2022 | Chère Audrey, by Jeremiah Hayes
2021 | Prière pour une mitaine perdue, by Jean-François Lesage
2019 | Amal, by Mohamed Siam
2018 | Des rêves sans étoiles, by Mehrdad Oskouei
2017 | A Flickering Truth, by Pietra Brettkelly
2016 | Les 18 fugitives, by Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan
2015 | Le Sel de la Terre, by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado

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