In the year of 2016 UEFA European Championship, football will be among the protagonists on the screen to “SPORT MOVIES & TV 2016 – 34th MILANO INTERNATIONAL FICTS FEST” (www.sportmoviestv.com) Final of 16 Festivals (around the 5 Continents) of the “World FICTS Challenge” World Championship of Television, Cinema, Communication and Sport Culture scheduled in Milan (Italy) from 16 to 21 November 2016.
Ruud Gullit, Marco Van Basten and Frank Rijkaard, the old “Dutch Trio” of AC Milan trained by Arrigo Sacchi, who led the Rossoneri to a long series of international victories in the 80’s/90’s (1 Championship, 1 Italian Super Cup, 2 European Cups, 2 European Super Cups and 2 Intercontinental), will be among the “Guests of Honour” at the “Opening Ceremony” scheduled on Wednesday, November 16th (5.30 p.m.) at the seventeenth century Palazzo Giureconsulti, in the heart of the city of Milan (Piazza Mercanti, 2 – Duomo) that will also be the “core business” of the event (admission by invitation. Free Accreditation on http://sportmoviestv.net/en/registration-form/).
Ruud Gullit, nicknamed “Black Tulip”, was the first man of the sport to take a real political action when, in 1993, dedicated his 1987 European Footballer of the Year Award to Mandela, who at the time was still imprisoned by the South African apartheid forces who had by law entrenched the racial segregation of black and white people. When Gullit won the World Footballer of the Year Awards in 1987 and again in 1989, he continued to dedicate his football accolades to Mandela and the fight against racism.
The AC Milan will also be present at “Sport Movies & Tv 2016” with an Exhibition of “Casa Milan” handle to Dott. Marco Amato. Champions League won by AC Milan with signed jersey wear during the last Champions League games of “the Capitan” Paolo Maldini (8 Finals played record) and that one of Massimo Ambrosini captain after Maldini’s retire in 2009. During “Sport Movies & Tv 2016” will be exhibit jersey of the captain Mauro Icardi and Javier Zanetti actual F.C. Inter V. President.
“Sport Movies & Tv 2016” will be articulated in 145 Projections (among which 30 worldwide and European premieres in 6 points of projections), 8 Meetings, 2 Workshop, 6 Exhibitions, 2 Press Conference, 30 Awards of international guests, 7 Side Events distributed in different locations around Milano in collaboration with sports and cultural organizations as well as with BMW Milano and Sergio Bonelli Editore founder of the leading publisher of comic book market on the occasion of 30 years of “Dylan Dog”.
The Press Conference Presentation of “Sport Movies & TV 2016” will take place on Tuesday November 8th at Sala Parlamentino of Palazzo Giureconsulti (Piazza Mercanti, 2 – Milano).
This year the access to the Festival is only reserved for those who are accredited. Free Accreditation (upon necessary confirmation) in order to participate – besides to the Press Conference – also to Projections, Workshops, Meetings as well as in the Ceremonies. Please fill the form at http://sportmoviestv.net/en/registration-form/.