Sportfilm Liberec is dedicated to films about sports and is located in the magic city of Liberec in the northern Czech Republic.
It is the 27th time the City of Liberec will host the international sports film festival this year and it will be held at an beautiful Liebieg Palace, at Technical University and other locations.
Festival Liberec as the city of sport offers 10 locations, 70 film screenings, exhibitions, talks, lectures, Mental Health conference - children and sport, Gala Evening broadcast by Czech Television, where the winning films are awarded in five categories: Personalities/Documentaries/Feature Films and Series/Olympic Ideas/Methodology and Education, as well as the Grand Prize and the Director Prize. The industry programme will announce a grant to support documentaries. Around 400 films from 70 countries compete on a regular basis, with about 20 Czech films. The festival is a competitive showcase of films focused on the global theme of sport. The films are presented in dramaturgical sections with regard to the target groups (age, sports activities) in a suitable screening location. The festival programme is compiled as a selection of films evaluated by the film festival jury. From the approximately 400 films submitted, the dramaturgy group selects 30 films for competition and these are screened. The programme also includes non-competitive works as a retrospective insight into sports production. The aim of the festival is to present the best quality films as a motivational and educational tool, highlight the importance of this production and promote it. The films must respect universal values linking mental and physical development, sports and society.
During the whole year Sportfilm organizes Festival Echoes at Czech cities.
27 years long SPORTFILM FESTIVAL LIBEREC history brought thousands of great sport films and also awards for them, also at World FICTS Challende finals at Milan. In 2019, the Czech Television co-production film The Golden Sting was awarded the prestigious prize Guirlande d’Honneur and in 2021, the film Mr Kriss was awarded Guirlande d´Honneur by the jury of Milan Final. In 2022, there were amazing three prizes for Czech film finalists: Last Race, Zatopek, Jan Koller. Year 2023 film The Modry Case (Czech TV) achieved Guirlande d´Honneur and Martin Škrtel (VDN Promo) Mention d´Honneur.
The guarantor of this festival series is the Federation Internationale Cinema Television Sportifs (FICTS) joining 130 countries under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee.
The jury awards prizes in particular categories and a Grand Prize of the festival.
Categories:
Olympic Ideas
Documentaries
Sports personalities
Feature films and TV series
Methodical and popular science films