FICTS - Fédération Internationale Cinéma Télévision Sportifs (www.sportmoviestv.com) recognized by the International Olympic Committee for which it promotes the values of sports through the images in the 130 Member Countries (11.833 Members), in range of the Worldwide Championship of Cinema and Sport Television “World FICTS Challenge” (Art. 9), promotes and organizes from OCTOBER 7th to 11th in Milan (Italy) “SPORT MOVIES & TV 2025 – 43rd MILANO INTERNATIONAL FICTS FEST”. The “World FICTS Challenge” Festival that precede the Final, will be held, under FICTS’ Patronage, in: Beijing (China), Lisbon (Portugal), Barcelona (Spain), Beausoleil (Côte d'Azur - France), Zlatibor (Serbia), Liberec (Czech Rep.), Pristina (Kosovo), Tehran (I. R. Iran), Mayagüez (Puerto Rico), Nagano (Japan), Budva (Montenegro), Giffoni Sport (Italy), Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Fort Myers (USA), Kampala (Uganda), Nairobi (Kenya), Santiago (Chile), Rio (Brasil), Kingston (Jamaica), Rogaška Slatina (Slovenia), Buenos Aires (Argentina) under the slogan “FICTS Is Culture Through Sport”.
The following Festival’s Rules and Regulations have been approved by FICTS Executive Committee on November 8th, 2024.
In order to submit the productions (the number of works for each participant is
unlimited) to the Festival, it’s obligatory to send – in digital format (mailto:
info@ficts.com, wetransfer, vimeo, myairbridge, youtube etc.) - within and no later
August 27, 2025 (the date is mandatory – see Art. 4 /Section 1) the following items:
a) Entry Form (www.sportmoviestv.net/festivalform.doc) properly filled in (and
signed) with Brief synopsis in Italian and English.
b) Copy of video for projection in MP4 or MOV H264 format (Ultra HD) with
English subtitles (for the projection at the Festival of World FICTS Challenge”) and
with Italian subtitles (for the Final in Milan) if the original is in different
language (we request the srt file).
The Organizing Committee also agrees to request a copy of the movie in
Digital Cinema Package (DCP) format compliant with the DCI directives.
c) Copy of trailer (max. length of 3’) in MP4 or MOV H264 format (Ultra HD) to
publish on FICTS website in “Trailer Section” (from Youtube FICTS Channel), to
be showed on television during the “Award Ceremony”, etc.
It is also suitable to use music with copyright-free or with free royalty license.
d) Proof of Payment of the Entry Fee;
e) Bio filmography of Director and/or the Actors and the post-production
dialogue list;
f) Digital HD pictures to be used on the Official Catalogue, Press Office, website
and Festival promotional campaign;
The set of forms must be filled out in English and Italian languages. A not
readable, not understandable and/or incomplete documentation (lack of synopsis,
lack of stills or video in different requested format, etc.) will implicate the
EXCLUSION of the productions from the Festival.
The Entry fee is:
• € 60 (sixty euro) for all the productions;
• € 30 (thirty euro) film realized by a first-time director who has never directed,
either individually or jointly with another director, any feature film or which
has been distributed in cinemas.
In order to submit the productions (the number of works for each participant is
unlimited) to the Festival, it’s obligatory to send – in digital format (mailto:
info@ficts.com, wetransfer, vimeo, myairbridge, youtube etc.) - within and no later
August 27, 2025 (the date is mandatory – see Art. 4 /Section 1) the following items:
a) Entry Form (www.sportmoviestv.net/festivalform.doc) properly filled in (and
signed) with Brief synopsis in Italian and English.
b) Copy of video for projection in MP4 or MOV H264 format (Ultra HD) with
English subtitles (for the projection at the Festival of World FICTS Challenge”) and
with Italian subtitles (for the Final in Milan) if the original is in different
language (we request the srt file).
The Organizing Committee also agrees to request a copy of the movie in
Digital Cinema Package (DCP) format compliant with the DCI directives.
c) Copy of trailer (max. length of 3’) in MP4 or MOV H264 format (Ultra HD) to
publish on FICTS website in “Trailer Section” (from Youtube FICTS Channel), to
be showed on television during the “Award Ceremony”, etc.
It is also suitable to use music with copyright-free or with free royalty license.
d) Proof of Payment of the Entry Fee;
e) Bio filmography of Director and/or the Actors and the post-production
dialogue list;
f) Digital HD pictures to be used on the Official Catalogue, Press Office, website
and Festival promotional campaign;
The set of forms must be filled out in English and Italian languages. A not
readable, not understandable and/or incomplete documentation (lack of synopsis,
lack of stills or video in different requested format, etc.) will implicate the
EXCLUSION of the productions from the Festival.
The Entry fee is:
• € 60 (sixty euro) for all the productions;
• € 30 (thirty euro) film realized by a first-time director who has never directed,
either individually or jointly with another director, any feature film or which
has been distributed in cinemas.
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Considering that Italy is an "Olympic Country" for the four-year period 2023 -
2026, FICTS (recognized by the International Olympic Committee), as the Organizing
Committee of "SPORT MOVIES & TV" (within the "Cultural Olympiad Programme
2026"), establishes that, for the two-year period 2025-2026, the productions
submitted for the Festival cannot participate in other sports-themed Festivals on
Italian territory, unless explicitly authorized by FICTS. The works registered for
"SPORT MOVIES & TV 2025" will have the privilege of being included:
- In the official programming of the Festival during the Olympic and
Paralympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 (5 February - 15 March);
- In the list of films participating in the 20 Festivals (in the 5 Continents) of the
International Circuit "World FICTS Challenge 2026" and subsequent years.
In case of registrations to other Festivals, the movies will be removed from the
FICTS website, from the social media, from the program and from the official
catalogue of “SPORT MOVIES & TV” of the year of participation and will be
excluded from the International Circuit "World FICTS Challenge 2025" and from
those of the following years.
