STATUT

29th Sportfilm Liberec International FICTS Festival 2026

 FESTIVAL STATUTES AND SUBMISSION RULES

 Article 1

SPORTFILM LIBEREC INTERNATIONAL FICTS FESTIVAL 2025 is an international competition festival of television and theatrical films focusing on topics such as sport, Olympic ideas and the Olympic Games. The aim of the festival is to award films in particular categories and the best film of all categories. The festival is intended to develop Olympic ideas through sports films, documentaries and reports.

Article 2

The festival programme consists of a screening of competition and non-competition television and theatrical films and accompanying programmes.

Article 3

It is necessary for the competition films to have premiered after January 1, 2021.

 Article 4

The Festival Jury consists of 7 or 9 members. It is headed by the Jury President. Each member has one vote. In case of the same proportion of votes, the Jury President is the one whose vote decides. The results of the vote are not public.

The Festival Juries are appointed by the Festival President on the Organizing Committee's recommendation

Article 5

The festival is headed by the Festival President.

 Article 6

The host city of the SPORTFILM LIBEREC INTERNATIONAL FICTS FESTIVAL 2026 is Liberec, held from September 30 to October 4, 2026. The festival includes presentations of submitted films, additional non-commercial screenings of submitted films and films from the festival archive, within Czech Television programs, on the internet, in schools, in public spaces, and other venues as decided by the organizing committee, including during the following two years.

 Article 7

The organizer of the SPORTFILM LIBEREC INTERNATIONAL FICTS FESTIVAL 2026 is SPORTFILM LIBEREC, z.s., and the co-organizer is Victoria Production s.r.o.

The festival is held under the auspices of and with professional endorsement from the Czech Olympic Committee, the Czech Olympic Academy, the Czech Union of Sport, the Film and Television Association (FITES), and Internationale Cinema Television Sportifs – Milan.

 Article 8

Competition films of particular categories can be submitted by their producers, filmmakers, owners, authors or legal persons between 1 May and 1 August, 2026, via web page www.filmfreeway.com where you can find detailed terms.

 Films competing in the European categories must be produced in Europe.

 The submitter agrees with the public screening of submitted films during the festival and the following years in accordance with Article 6. The statutes and the composition of the jury can be found at www.sportfilm.cz.

 Article 9

Competition categories:

1. Olympic ideas

2. Documentaries

3. Sports personalities

4. Feature films and series

5. Society and education

6. Czech Horizon

 Article 10

The Jury awards prizes in particular categories and a grand prize of the festival.

The Festival Director is entitled to award the Festival Director's Prize and Festival Honorary Mention.

It is also awarded the Audience Award based on public voting.

The Juries reserve the right to change the classification of a film in competition to a different category than it was entered.

The Juries reserve the right not to award a prize in a particular category.

On the Special Committee's recommendation, the Festival Director awards Věra Čáslavská prize, The Beam of Courage and Hope.

The trophies and awards are accepted by the filmmakers in person or on their behalf.

Trophies and awards are accepted by creators personally or by proxy.

In Liberec  1. 1. 2026  

Mgr. Renata Balašová, Festival Director