Côté court

Côté court

Also known as: Festival Côté court
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Côté court explores short forms across fiction, essay film, experimental cinema, video art, animation and documentary. Established in 1992, the festival centres on the Ciné 104 in Pantin, Seine-Saint-Denis. Its selection combines Fiction, Essai/Art vidéo and Prospective Cinéma competitions with Écran libre, Grand Angle and music videos. Prospective Cinéma focuses on works longer than 30 minutes, while Grand Angle brings different genres together outside competition.

The Côté court association organises year-round screenings and filmmaking workshops, a residency with Cinémas 93, and professional encounters for emerging directors and producers. Its project pitch, organised with France Télévisions, awards a France 2 pre-purchase. The dates of the 36th edition are 9–19 June 2027.

Country

France

Categories

Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Music Video, Short

Dates

9 June 2027 — 19 June 2027

Awards and prizes

Published awards for the 2026 edition: Fiction — Grand Prix André S. Labarthe, €10,000 plus €2,000 in camera-equipment rental; Special Jury Prize, equipment rental and colour grading; performance, audience (€1,500), youth, press, high-school jury and Prix Bande à part (€500) prizes. Essai/Art vidéo Grand Prix — €3,000 plus €1,000 in equipment rental. Prospective Cinéma Grand Prix — €1,500, two days of colour grading and €1,000 in equipment rental; its student prize carries €500. Grand Angle student prizes for fiction and documentary carry €500 each, alongside an audience prize. Cross-section awards include emerging production (a carte blanche and post-production services) and the SACEM music prize (€1,500 to the composer plus a day of music mixing). The pitch awards a France Télévisions film pre-purchase and a public choice prize. Amounts and benefits are edition-specific.

Festival rules

Latest published festival regulations: 2026 edition. Eligibility covers French or French-language productions first shown after 1 January 2025, including films by French directors with foreign production, and excludes films previously submitted. Majority-French productions in other languages require French subtitles. Fiction (live action), experimental/essay/video art, animation and documentary submissions must be under 60 minutes. Prospective Cinéma and Écran libre concern films over 30 minutes; the festival assigns films to sections. Advertising and promotional films are excluded. Submission is online through FilmFest Platform, with a non-refundable €10 fee per film. Selected films require a DCP. The festival pays €60 excluding tax per selected film for up to three festival screenings. These conditions refer to 2026; the 2027 regulations are not yet confirmed.

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