Come and immerse yourself in an intense and captivating story. On March 28th at 7:30 PM, Centre Cívic Bon Pastor will be the meeting point for cinema and sports enthusiasts with the screening of “Urtain, el Ídolo de barro”, the acclaimed Catalan production directed by Xavier Baig and Jordi Rovira and produced by Oscar Moreno and Xavier Baig.
This documentary, awarded the prestigious Ánfora Ciudad de Barcelona prize at the BCN Sports Film Festival 2025, delves into the life of José Manuel Ibar “Urtain”, one of the most iconic boxers of his time, exploring his meteoric rise from traditional Basque stone lifting to becoming the European boxing champion during Franco’s dictatorship, as well as his tragic downfall.
🎟 Free admission until full capacity is reached. Don’t miss this opportunity to see it on the big screen!
📍 Lloc: Centre Cívic Bon Pastor
📅 Data: March 28th
⏰ Time: 7.30 PM h
🎟 ReReserve your ticket here: : Urtain Tickets
We look forward to seeing you there!

Would you like to create the promotional video for the BCN Sports Film Festival 2027? Now you can by entering the SpotSport contest!
The Barcelona Olympic Foundation is launching the new edition of its video competition to promote the 16th edition of the BCN Sports Film Festival.
The goal of the contest is to produce an original 20-second promotional video. The winning spot will become the official image of the festival’s advertising campaign.
The deadline for registration and video submission is 30 September 2026.
The winning video will be awarded €1,000 in cash, and its creator(s) will be invited to the opening ceremony of the BCN Sports Film Festival 2027.

Call for entries: 17th BCN Sports Film Festival now open!
Would you like to showcase your production at our festival? The call for entries for the 16th edition of the BCN Sports Film Festival, taking place in Barcelona on February 2027, is now open.
You can submit your work via www.bcnsportsfilm.org, Festhome, or FilmFreeway.
📅 Submission deadline: 30 September 2026
We welcome audiovisual productions of any genre —animation, documentary, fiction— in both short and feature formats, as long as they are inspired by sports or athletic disciplines. All works must have been produced from 1 January 2024 onwards.

The 16th edition of the BCN Sports Film Festival has come to an end after nine days of screenings (23 February to 3 March 2026).

This Tuesday, 3 March, at 6:00 pm, Cinemes Girona hosted the final screening of the 16th edition of the BCN Sports Film Festival: “And the winners are”, a special session featuring a selection of this year’s award-winning and standout films from the festival’s line-up. The session closed the festival by celebrating different stories connected by a shared thread: sport as a