“SPORT MOVIES & TV 2025” is the Final of 20 Festivals (around the 5 Continents) of the “World FICTS Challenge” Championship of Television, Cinema, Communication and Sport Culture scheduled in Milan (Italy), on OCTOBER 7-11 , 2025 in view of the special edition “SPORT MOVIES & TV 2026 for the Games”.

The event is characterized by international and national participation and will be articulated into 100 screenings (selected from 1,965 participating movies and including 25 world and European premieres, exclusive Olympic footages, etc.), 4 meetings, 3 workshops, 4 exhibitions, 2 conferences Press, 8 side events, the Paralympic International Movies & TV Fest and 20 award ceremonies by national and international guests.
A Selection Commission of the Federation will choose some of the best productions that will be sent to the Festivals of the “World FICTS Challenge 2025”.

The International Jury, composed by 7 exponents of cinema, television, media, sport and culture coming from Countries that don’t participate to the Festival, will assign “Guirlande d’Honneur” (“Oscar of Cinema and Sport Television”), “Mention d’Honneur”, “Special Awards” for each 7 Sections.

The event - through “FICTS is Culture through sport” slogan - is organized by FICTS - Federation Internationale Cinema Television Sportifs, joined with 130 Member Countries (chaired by Prof. Franco Ascani Member of “IOC Commission for Culture and Olympic Heritage”) and recognized by the International Olympic Committee for which it promotes the values of sport through footages.

The full Rules https://www.sportmoviestv.net/2025/spmtvrules.pdf.

The productions sent to the Organizing Committee are evaluated by an international jury that will assign the "Guirlande d'Honneur", the "Mention d'Honneur" and the Special Awards for each of the Sections.
Authorities, numerous sports, film and television personalities, with the intervention of the main network, will attend the "Gala Award" of "SPORT MOVIES & TV 2025". Established in 1983, the "Guirlande d'Honneur" Award, designed by Silvio Gazzaniga, the sculptor of the Soccer World Cup, which reproduces the laurel wreath of the winners of the first Olympic Games, is assigned to the best productions in the respective categories of the Festival and to the characters of Sport, TV, Film and Journalism that "have played a significant role in the promotion of the sports image and the cultural and ethical values of sport"
AWARDS:
- “Candido Cannavò” Award for the “Olympic Spirit”
- “Premio della Critica - Targa Bruno Beneck” Award
- “Sport and Solidarity” Daniele Redaelli Award
- “Opera Prima - Enrica Speroni” Award by “Gazzetta dello Sport” .
- “Gentlemen – Fair Play” Award

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.

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  • Фестиваль хороший, но мог быть и лучше - на показах зрителей почти нет, никакой рекламы в Милане, мероприятия часто пересекаются, не везде можно попасть, точки в разных частях города. для неместных и не знающих итальянского сложно разобраться. в целом, спасибо за приглашение на фестиваль!

    November 2024
  • Haris Zvizdic

    This is the world's largest and most important sports film festival.
    We sincerely thank you for the hospitality during the festival “SPORT MOVIES & TV 2024 – 42nd Milano International FICTS Fest.”
    We are deeply honored to receive the award for our film "The Valley of Jars" in the Documentary Feature category, which holds profound value for us. This award is not only a recognition of the artistic quality of the film but also a kind of civilizational and moral victory.

    November 2024
  • Esperienza meravigliosa ed organizzazione impeccabile.
    FANTASTICI!

    November 2024
  • Un festival eccezionale. Si respira proprio la caratura internazionale e i valori che promuove.

    November 2023
  • Awsome expirience! I think they should have more meetings, gatherings and thinf for networking.
    The Cinema centrale wiche played my movie was awsome!

    Great time, the hospitality of all people involved was awsome

    November 2023