Brussels (Belgium) will host – from September 14 to 17 – the first edition of “Brussels European FICTS Sports Film Festival” European phase of the “World FICTS Challenge 2015” Worldwide Championship of Cinema and Sport Television. The event, directed by Jean-Pierre Brouhon, is organized by Panathlon Wallonie-Bruxelles (chaired by Philippe Housiaux) in collaboration with FICTS.

The venue will be the “Village Culturel Wolubilis” new cultural center of the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, which includes, among others, a modern theater (486 seats), a library and an art gallery. The Festival will consist of Projections, Meetings, Exhibitions, Side Events, Workshops and Awards. Sections will be competitive: “Olympic Games and Olympic Spirit”, “Documentary”, “TV Show – New technology”, “Sport and Society”, “Movies”, “Sport Adverts”, “Movies & Tv Football” and “Spirit of team”. There will be a photographic Exhibition “The Spirit of Sport”: a selection of photographs (from the archive of the IOC and the Reporters Agency) divided into five themes (respect, brotherhood, emotion, engagement and participation).

The aims of “Brussels European FICTS Sports Film Festival” is sport’s greatness and values conveyed through the image Athletes who help each other, supporters who unite, raw emotions and fine gestures that give sport its tremendous cachet. The event will place the spotlight firmly on the power of the image in the international sporting world.

The official Rules is available on: www.fictsfederation.it/brusselssport fictsfestival_rules.pdf.

The Entry Form:  www.fictsfederation.it/brusselssport fictsfestival_entry_form.pdf.

The “Brussels European FICTS Sports Film Festival” will focus on 3 key themes from today’s sporting world:

  • “Women’s sport” – the role of women in the world of sport and media coverage of women’s sport;
  • “Sport for all” – the issue of access to active participation in sport everywhere and in all circumstances; the creation of new sports and of new places to take part in sport;
  • “The close links between sport and the world of the image” – technology working for the development and promotion of sport and of refereeing.