

Juli Pernas, member of the board of trustees of the Fundació Barcelona Olímpica and the Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport Joan Antoni Samaranch of Barcelona, has been re-elected as an executive member of the Fédération Internationale Cinéma Télévision Sportifs (FICTS) until 2027.
The FICTS, chaired by Franco Ascani, was founded in 1983 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for promoting the values of sport through film and television. This federation organizes theSports Movies & TV – Milano International FICTS Festival,the world final of the “World FICTS Challenge”, the World Championship of Cinema, Television and Sports Culture organized in different festivals on the five continents and of which the BCN Sports Film Festival is a part.
Pernas has always been closely linked to sport; Among other positions, he has presided over the Royal Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation, been vice president and secretary of the Union of Sports Federations of Catalonia (UFEC), member of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) and director of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation and the Museum. Olímpic i de l’Esport Joan Antoni Samaranch of Barcelona from 2010 to 2020, a period during which he signed the agreement with the FICTS establishing Barcelona as the headquarters of the World FICTS Challenge, thus giving rise to the BCN Sports Film Festival.
Currently, he is also a member of the selection jury for the 14th edition of the BCN Sports Film Festival, an international film festival that brings sports-themed audiovisuals closer to the general public.
Would you like to create the promotional video for the BCN Sports Film Festival 2026? 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 2025.
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 2026.
Call for entries: 16th 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 from 16–24 February 2026, is now open.
You can submit your work via www.bcnsportsfilm.org, Festhome, or FilmFreeway.
📅 Submission deadline: 30 September 2025
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 2023 onwards.
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On Tuesday, February 25, , came to a close after an edition full of emotion, reflection, and inspiring stories, with the special presence of Francesc