TOP OF CINEMA AND SPORT TELEVISION IN KAZAN (REP. OF TATARSTAN – RUSSIA): 5 – 10 AUGUST 2015

Kazan (Rep. of Tatarstan – Russia) will be, for one week from 5 to 10 August 2015, the “Worldwide Capital” of Cinema, Television and Cinema with the “Kazan Worldwide Final of World FICTS Challenge 2015” for the first time in Russia. Kazan will host the Final of 16 Festivals of the “World FICTS Challenge”, Worldwide Championship of Cinema and Sport Television in conjunction with FINA World Swimming Championships that the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan will host after the Universiade 2013, the Fencing World Championship 2014. “Kazan Worldwide Final of World FICTS Challenge 2015” is organized by the Ministry of Sport and Youth of the Republic of Tatarstan in collaboration and under the aegis of FICTS – Federation Internationale Cinema Television Sportifs (recognized by the International Olympic Committee) that promotes the sports values through the images in 113 Countries in the 5 Continents.

The suggestive location of Sviyazhsk Island, located at the confluence of the Volga and Sviyaga Rivers, will be the scenario of the “Opening Ceremony” of the Festival where will be attend the President of Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. The “3D Port” Cinema will be the “Core Business” of the Festival articulated in 100 Projections (40 sport disciplines coming from 31 Countries), 4 Meetings, 4 Exhibitions at the “Port 3D Cinema” and at FINA Park, 5 Side Events, 3 Workshops and Awards of prestigious international guests of television, sports and cinema.The event will involved world networks, production companies, sports champions, industry experts.

The “Awarding ceremony” will be held in “Kazan Riviera Hermitage”. Besides the Institutional Russian Authorities among the prestigious guests that will attend: Prof. Franco Ascani FICTS President and Member of IOC Commission for “Culture and Olympic Heritage”, Diana Safarova General Manager of the FICTS Worldwide Final, Francesco Ricci Bitti President of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations and the International Tennis Federation, Ching-Kuo Wu IOC EB Member, V. President of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations, President of International Boxing Association (AIBA), Yvan De Navacelle De Coubertin International Pierre de Coubertin Committee President, Shamil Тarpischev IOC Member, Russian Tennis Federation President, Alexander Zhukov President of the Russian Olympic Committee and IOC Member, Jiang Xiaoyu V. Chairman of BODA – Beijing Olympic City Development Association, Jeno Kamuti International Fair Play Committee President,  Alicia Massoni De Morea V. President Argentine Olympic Committee and Member of IOC Commission for “Culture and Olympic Heritage”, Donna De Varona Member of “Women and Sport” IOC Commission and American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist (Tokyo 1964), former world record-holder and television sportscaster, Seyed Amir Hosseini President I.R. IRAN Chess Federation and Member of Board of NOC I.R. IRAN Museum.