Festival Côté Court

The selection is made on French or French-speaking production after January 1, 2023 and not already submitted to the selection committee.A film whose directors are French, even if the production is foreign, is considered French, and can therefore be registered.Non-French-speaking films must be subtitled in French.The Fiction category is open only to live-action fiction films.The duration of the films must be less than 60 minutes.The selected films will be divided between:- the Fiction competition,- the Prospective cinema competition, reserved for fiction, experimental, video art, essays and/or documentaries films, over 30 minutes.- The non-competitive Écrans Libres and Panorama selections, dedicated to fiction, experimental, video art, essays or documentaries films.The Côté court festival reserves the possibility, after registering a film, to have it compete in the selection it wishes (Fiction, Essay/Video Art, Prospective Cinema, Écrans Libres or Panorama) unless the applicants refuse in writing.Advertising or promotional films are not permitted.Registering a film constitutes full acceptance of the rules.Statistically, submitting a film in the last days does not give you a greater chance of being selected. We advise you to register your film as soon as it is ready and not to wait until the last week!

The selection is made on French or French-speaking production after January 1, 2023 and not already submitted to the selection committee.A film whose directors are French, even if the production is foreign, is considered French, and can therefore be registered.Non-French-speaking films must be subtitled in French.The Documentary category is open to documentary films.The duration of the films must be less than 60 minutes.The selected films will be divided between:- the Essay / Video Art competition,- the Prospective cinema competition, reserved for fiction, experimental, video art, essays and/or documentaries films, over 30 minutes.- The non-competitive Écrans Libres and Panorama selections, dedicated to fiction, experimental, video art, essays or documentaries films.The Côté court festival reserves the possibility, after registering a film, to have it compete in the selection it wishes (Fiction, Essay/Video Art, Prospective Cinema, Écrans Libres or Panorama) unless the applicants refuse in writing.Advertising or promotional films are not permitted.Registering a film constitutes full acceptance of the rules.Statistically, submitting a film in the last days does not give you a greater chance of being selected. We advise you to register your film as soon as it is ready and not to wait until the last week!

The selection is made on French or French-speaking production after January 1, 2023 and not already submitted to the selection committee.A film whose directors are French, even if the production is foreign, is considered French, and can therefore be registered.Non-French-speaking films must be subtitled in French.The Experimental/Video Art category is open to experimental films, essays and video art.The duration of the films must be less than 60 minutes.The selected films will be divided between:- the Experimental / Video Art competition,- the Prospective cinema competition, reserved for fiction, experimental, video art, essays and/or documentaries films, over 30 minutes.- The non-competitive Écrans Libres and Panorama selections, dedicated to fiction, experimental, video art, essays or documentaries films.The Côté court festival reserves the possibility, after registering a film, to have it compete in the selection it wishes (Fiction, Essay/Video Art, Prospective Cinema, Écrans Libres or Panorama) unless the applicants refuse in writing.Advertising or promotional films are not permitted.Registering a film constitutes full acceptance of the rules.Statistically, submitting a film in the last days does not give you a greater chance of being selected. We advise you to register your film as soon as it is ready and not to wait until the last week!