The 14th edition of the BCN Sports Film kicks off. From February 19 to 27 Barcelona will become the capital of sports cinema with 25 free sessions in person and/or virtually. This year, you will be able to watch it through Festhome and, as a novelty, also through Filmin. Book your tickets!
Once again this year, the BCN Sports Film Festival will adapt its sessions so that you can enjoy all the screenings that are broadcast both in person and online. You have no excuse to miss any of the 81 selected short films!
One of the novelties this year is that the BCN Sports Film Festival expands its horizons; the 25 presential sessions will be screened in 12 different venues in Barcelona but, in addition, there will be two sessions in Girona and Madrid. Another new feature is that, if you want to follow the festival virtually, you can do it through our usual platform, FESTHOME, and this year also through FILMIN. In both cases access is free; you only have to register in advance to watch them.
Which format do you feel more comfortable with? Take a look at the program and choose the sessions and the format that best suits your needs.

The 16th edition of the BCN Sports Film Festival (23 February – 3 March 2026) reinforces a trend the festival has observed over the past two years: more and more sports films are directed or co-directed by women. In this year’s main programme, over 30% of the selected productions have been directed or co-directed by women, within a final selection chosen by a selection jury made up of 3 men and 1 woman. Key figures from the final selection 85 productions in the main programme. 17 directed exclusively by women. 10 co-directed (by multiple women or mixed teams). Of these 27 directed/co-directed by women, 13 are debut films. “Elles dirigeixen”: a session to watch them… and hear them As part of this commitment, the festival presents “Elles dirigeixen”, a session dedicated to films with female direction and

Some stories move you. Others also leave you with a question you can’t shake: what can we truly do to take care of the sea? The Waves of Change session at the BCN Sports Film Festival is exactly that: cinema + conversation to connect sport, nature and environmental commitment. And right now seats are still available, so if you care about the topic (or if you’re part of a sea-related club or organisation), this is the time to book. Four perspectives, one common thread: sustainability At Waves of Change, we will screen four productions exploring our relationship with the sea, human impact and the need for change: Gerard Esteva, President of the Union of Sports Federations of Catalonia (UFEC) Carlos Sánchez-Llibre, director of Sense timó. Per un mar lliure de plàstics Mariana Dornelles, Educational Projects Coordinator at Fundació Carulla Philippe Mistral, director of Banda, une odyssée dans les îles oubliées d’Indonésie, in attendance Screening

The BCN Sports Film Festival presents a special screening of El petit peó (The Little Pawn), a documentary that revisits the figure of Arturo “Arturito” Pomar: the child who captivated a country in the post-war years and turned chess into a popular phenomenon, as the spotlight grew around him. Beyond the myth, the film raises an uncomfortable and very timely question: what happens when talent arrives too early and the environment (media, political, family) doesn’t support it? Pomar wasn’t just a promise: he reached the top level of competitive chess and left a lasting mark on the history of Spanish chess. A life on 64 squares: glory, pressure and loneliness El petit peó follows Pomar’s journey from “child prodigy” to the adult who kept competing for years. The film focuses on the fine line between talent and pressure, and on how exposure and expectations can shape an entire life. Screening with the director in attendance: come watch it in the cinema This session is for chess lovers… and for anyone who wants to understand what lies behind a brilliant mind when the spotlight turns on too soon. The screening will be attended by the director, Joan Gamero. Ticket booking

Laure: mental health and privacy comes to Cines Imperial (Sabadell) with a screening + talk featuring María Teresa Pérez, Dennis González and Raül Romeva live. There’s a side of elite sport that is rarely trained… but is felt just as strongly: exposure. The media, headlines, comments, memes, the “I’m judging you without knowing you”, the endless scrolling. And in the middle of it all, a simple but very hard question: how do you protect your mental health and your privacy when the world has an opinion about you 24/7? The BCN Sports Film Festival invites you to talk about it openly through the documentary Laure! Laure! Laure!, which captures the media rise of Laure Manaudou, French Olympic champion swimmer, and what remains when the spotlight fades: identity, pressure, public noise, and the challenge of staying yourself when everyone thinks they know you. A story that’s not only about sport (it’s about mental health and privacy) The film follows the meteoric rise of an athlete turned media phenomenon,