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French-speaking Awards of Excellence 2026 - Call for entries now open!

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Montreal, December 8, 2025 - The Youth Media Alliance (YMA) is launching its call for entries for the next French-speaking Awards of Excellence. This year, the competition is open to Canadian children's and youth productions whose original language is French, and which were broadcast in Canada between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2025. In addition, three new awards have been added to better celebrate the youth media industry, including works from the film sector. 

Montreal, December 8, 2025 - The Youth Media Alliance (YMA) is launching its call for entries for the next French-speaking Awards of Excellence. This year, the competition is open to Canadian children's and youth productions whose original language is French, and which were broadcast in Canada between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2025. In addition, three new awards have been added to better celebrate the youth media industry, including works from the film sector. 

In all, up to 19 Awards of Excellence will be presented this May. The French-speaking Awards of Excellence categories are as follows: 

Prix d’excellence - série télévisée ou websérie

  • Acquisition de connaissances et développement du sens critique (plus ou moins de 20 minutes confondus)
  • Stimulation de l’imagination et de la créativité
  • Engagement, ouverture au monde et respect
  • Contenu à valeur aspirationnelle
  • Émancipation à travers le jeu et l’humour

 

Prix d’excellence - contenu interactif

  • Acquisition de connaissances et développement du sens critique
  • Stimulation de l’imagination et de la créativité
  • Engagement, ouverture au monde et respect

 

Prix d’excellence - Balado

  • Prix d’excellence pour le meilleur balado

 

Prix d’excellence - émission unique

  • Prix d'excellence pour la meilleure émission unique

 

Prix d'excellence - Cinéma

  • Prix d'excellence pour le meilleur court métrage
  • Prix d'excellence pour le meilleur long métrage

 

Prix d’excellence Coup de cœur du public (ONLINE VOTE)

  • Prix Coup de cœur des tout-petits (2-5 ans)
  • Prix Coup de cœur jeunesse (6-12 ans)
  • Prix Coup de cœur des ados (13 ans et +)

 

Les Prix Spéciaux

  • Le Prix de la personnalité jeunesse
  • Le Prix de la découverte
  • Le Prix pour une carrière vouée à l’excellence

 

Prix d’excellence (toutes catégories confondues)

  • Prix d'excellence - Coup de cœur du Jury

 

Visit the YMA website to submit and manage your applications. The rules and conditions are available here: https://www.ymamj.org/en/prix-excellence-fr-nomination-application 

The deadline to receive submissions for the Awards of Excellence is February 20, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).

The awards ceremony will take place on May 26, 2026 at Cinéma du Musée - l'auditorium Maxwell-Cummings - Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal. The Francophone Awards of Excellence are made possible thanks to the support of Radio-Canada’s Zone Jeunesse, as well as other loyal partners.

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