“CINEFOOT”: PLAYING THE BEAUTIFUL GAME IN BRAZIL ON MAY AND JUNE

FICTS takes the field with “CINEfoot – International Football Film Festival” (www.cinefoot.org) the film festival whose main theme is “Football”. The Festival – directed by Antonio Leal – is organized in the framework of the Championship of Cinema and Sport Television “World FICTS Challenge” by Conexao Culturale and Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos de Festivais Audiovisuais (IBEFEST).

CINEfoot’s 6^th edition will take place from 21 to 26 May in Rio de Janeiro, from 28 May to 2 June in Sao Paulo and from 29 May to 3 June in Belo Horizonte. The Festival’s agenda includes international competitive screenings, special exhibitions, discussions, workshops, video contests, tributes etc. CINEfoot is the first and only film festival in Brazil and Latin America to promote and screen football films. Is being considered the possibility to organize the “Cineesporte Festival” in Rio or Brasilia in August.