Les sommets du cinéma d'animation

Les sommets du cinéma d'animation

Also known as: Sommets du cinéma d'animation, Les sommets du cinéma d'animation de Montréal
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The Sommets du cinéma d'animation is an international festival in Montréal dedicated to animation in all its forms, from heritage films to new technologies and contemporary Canadian production. The Cinémathèque québécoise produces it and presented the first edition in 2002; Marco de Blois founded it.

Since 2022 the competition is devoted to Canadian productions, alongside student and commissioned-film categories. The non-competitive Wide Angle section and the Best of Annecy programme add work from elsewhere, and the festival also runs a pitch contest for animated shorts and a Young Jury. The 24th edition, 11–16 May 2026, screens more than 140 films, 60 of them in the official competition, at the Cinémathèque québécoise.

Country

Canada

Focus

Animation

Categories

Animation, Music Video, Short, Student

Awards and prizes

The Guy-L.-Coté Grand Prize for the Best Canadian Animated Film includes a $2,000 grant from Nancy Coté and the Cinémathèque québécoise. The Raoul-Barré Award for the Best Canadian Student Film includes a $2,000 grant from the Raoul-Barré Foundation, and the Special Jury Prize from École NAD-UQAC, given to a professional film in the official competition, a $1,000 grant. Other prizes are Best Character, Best Music Video, Best Educational or Commissioned Film, and the Royal Photo People's Choice Award, which includes $1,500 in equipment rental services. The Pitches Contest is presented with Telefilm Canada. Its prizes are a $1,000 cash prize from La Caisse Desjardins de la Culture, $1,500 in distribution and promotion consulting services from h264, $1,500 in equipment rental services from Royal Photo and mentorship in Studio Unagi's Wabi-Sabi artist residency. A Young Jury selects the winners of three special awards, and the René-Jodoin Award is presented to a filmmaker.

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