The International Jury, after consulting the Organizing Committee, has decided to extend to September 15 – for all the competitive Sections of the Festival (to allow the participation of productions about Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games) – the submissions and delivery of the movies to “SPORT MOVIES & TV – 42nd MILANO INTERNATIONAL FICTS FEST(www.sportmoviestv.com), the Final of 20 Festivals (on the 5 Continents) of World Championship of Television, Cinema, Culture and Sports Communication “World FICTS Challenge” held Milan (Italy) from 5 to 9 November 2024 under the slogan “FICTS is Culture through sport – Olympic Emotion”.

The Festival is organized by the FICTS – Federation Internationale Cinema Television Sportifs joined with 130 Countries (chaired by Prof. Franco Ascani Member of the IOC Olympic Culture and Heritage Commission) recognized by the International Olympic Committee (for which it promotes the values ​​of sport through footages) in collaboration with the Lombardy Region and the Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation 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 1,560 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 of national and international guests. There will be thematic days as “The cinema is international”, “Cinema, sport and AI”, etc.

All the works admitted to the Festival will have high visibility at national and international level: in addition to appearing on the event program, they will be published – with a detailed explanatory sheet – in the Festival Catalog as well as on the official FICTS website while the trailer of each work will be published online line in the section of the same name through the Federation’s official YouTube channel. A FICTS Selection Commission will choose – at the end of the Final – some of the best productions that will be sent to participate in the 20 Festivals of the “World FICTS Challenge 2025”.