CourtsCarouge is the City of Carouge's short film competition. It takes place every year, with a theme linked to Printemps carougeois, the Sardinian city's multidisciplinary festival.
For this new edition, CourtsCarouge invites filmmakers to explore the theme of family. Whether close or distant, imagined or real, our own or long gone, bound by blood or friendship, every family has a story to tell. Let your creativity run wild and join the CourtsCarouge family.
A selection of short films will be screened during the announcement of the winners and the award ceremony on Friday 24th April at 6.30 pm at the Cinéma Bio. This opening night will also mark the launch of Printemps carougeois. The selected films will be available on this page on the evening of the event, and the winners will be announced live on the @villedecarouge Instagram account.
Through this competition, which is open to all film enthusiasts, the aim is to:
- offer everyone the opportunity to try their hand at filmmaking;
- stimulate audiovisual and digital creation;
- reveal new talent;
- provide a showcase for short films from Carouge, Switzerland and around the world;
- encourage encounters and exchanges between film enthusiasts and a jury of professionals;
- develop creativity and critical thinking about images.
Rules and prizes
Grand prize CHF 1,500
Second prize CHF 1,200
Third prize CHF 1,000
Génération Léman Bleu prize CHF 500
Cinéma Bio prize One-year subscription to Cinéma Bio
The Jury for this edition
The jury for this edition is chaired by Animatou co-director and co-founder Matilda Tavelli.
Previous editions
To date, the themes proposed for the competition have been secrets, rites and rituals, head in the clouds, lightness, women, food, fear, self-portrait, trailer, love and nature.