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.Natasha Gauthier, "Chasing dreams on La Course". Montreal Gazette, September 24, 1995.
The series was inspired by the prior French series (1976–1984) and its successor 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."Shows for children, youth highlight CBOFT season". Ottawa Citizen, September 3, 1988. 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.Nathaëlle Morissette and Marc Cassivi, "Ex-concurrents de la Course destination monde: que sont-ils devenus?". La Presse, October 23, 2010.
Participants 1988–1989 Prize winners: Catherine Fol (winner), Étienne de Massy (2nd), Nathalie Goulet (3rd)"Catherine Fol à l'ONF en juin". La Presse, April 29, 1989. Other competitors: Romain Alarie, Claude Dallaire, Stéphane Laporte, Yves Munn, Allan Quinn
1989–1990 Prize winners: Stéphane Drolet (winner), Marc Cayer (2nd), Anne-Marie Poulin (3rd)Ghislaine Rheault, "Stéphane Drolet, gagnant de la course Amérique-Afrique: La souffrance du Petit Prince"]. Le Soleil, March 11, 1990. Other competitors: François Colas, François Dagenais, Hugues Dufour, André Gariépy, Jean-Robert Morin
1990–1991 Prize winners: Denis Villeneuve (winner), Brigitte Nadeau (2nd), Patrick Masbourian (3rd)Rollande Allard-Lacerte, "Brassebouillon et compagnie". Le Devoir, March 14, 1991. Other competitors: Sébastien Bage, Sabrina Berreghis, Bruno Boulianne, Karina Goma, Stéphane Thibault
1991–1992 Prize winners: Marie-Claude Harvey (winner), Marc Forget (2nd), Sophie Lambert (3rd), Gérald Gilbert "Gilbert rafle trois des huit prix". La Tribune, March 30, 1992. Other competitors: Jennifer Alleyn, Jacques Blondin, Sophia Borovchyk, Louis-Perpinan Huard
1992–1993 Prize winner: Philippe Falardeau (winner), Patrick Demers (2nd), Manuel Foglia (3rd)Marie Lecomte, "Les globe-trotters de la Course rentrent au bercail". La Presse, April 3, 1993. Other competitors: Sophie Bolduc, Simon Dallaire, Pierre Deslandes, Violaine Gagnon, Marc Roberge
1993–1994 Prize winners: Guy Nantel (winner), Marie-France Bojanowski (2nd), Catherine Rondeau (3rd)Jennifer Alleyn, "La Course Destination Monde récompense ses globe-trotters". Le Devoir, March 21, 1994. Other competitors: Marie-Julie Dallaire, Isabelle Leblanc, Chloé Mercier, Félix Nguyen, Stéphane Prévost
1994–1995 Winners: François Prévost, Ricardo Trogi (joint 1st)Jacques Drapeau, "Prévost et Trogi savourent leur victoire". Le Soleil, April 24, 1995. Other competitors: Hugo Latulippe, Étienne Leblanc, Emmanuelle Morris Waters, François Parenteau, Brunhilde Pradier, Robert Victor
1995–1996 Winner: Philippe DesrosiersSylvain Larocque, "Philippe Desrosiers, le prof qui gagne la course". La Presse, May 19, 1996. Other competitors: Jean-François Coulombe, Patrick Brunette, Manon Dauphinais, Linda Lamarche, Stéphane Lapointe, Nathalie Martin, Marie-Noëlle Swiderski
1996–1997 Martin Bourgault, Pascal Brouard, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Danic Champoux, Antoine Laprise, Judith Provencher d'Assylva, Pascal Sanchez, Alexis Turgeon
1997–1998 Robin Aubert, Meissoon Azzaria, Dominic Desjardins, Nicolas Desrosiers, Yves-Christian Fournier, Myriam Fréchette, Robin McKenna, François Péloquin
1998–1999 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 The series inspired the English Canadian series Road Movies,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. and the Australian series Race Around the World.
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."Le tournage du dernier film de Ricardo Trogi, «1995», commence". Le Devoir, October 10, 2023.
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