Women direct sport: over 30% of the BCNSFF 2026 programme features female filmmakers
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 a post-screening talk to meet and hear from directors and highlight their perspective within sports cinema.
- Venue: Cinemes Girona (Barcelona)
- Date: Wednesday, 25 February
- Time: 18:00 (OV with subtitles)
- Screened films: “Corre, Adela” and “Arnasa betean. A Pulmón”
- Extra: screening + talk (with invited directors)
Women-directed productions in the 16th edition (with the director’s name)
These are the 17 productions directed exclusively by women in the festival selection:
- A deep breath / Arnasa betean. A pulmón — Bertha Gaztelumendi & Rosa Zufia
- Back of the Net / Back of the Net — Klara Kaliger
- Bells / Cascabeles — Jhina Hernández Ospina
- Boubacar / Boubacar — Ivetta Urozhaeva
- Butterfly / Papillon — Florence Miailhe
- Cycle or Bicycle / La Bicyclette et le vélo — Roxane Campoy
- Flying / Elle Vole — Sandra Piquemal
- Inner Fight / Inner Fight — Núria Castán
- Landry / Landry — Marie Fotso
- Let’s Play / Let’s Play — Marzieh Rasekh
- Maradona, Cruyff and Pele reimagined through AI — Tamara Lamber
- Mother & Footballer — Marta Busquets
- Siren / Sirène — Marilou Carravecchia-Pelletier
- The Fuentes method / El mètode Fuentes — Mireia Vicente
- This Is Not About Swimming — Marni Van Dyk
- Warriorheart / Smerteterskel — Marianne Ulrichsen
- Wind Lines (Haize Lerroak) / Haize Lerroak — Janire Etxabe
Tickets
To attend any session (including “Elles dirigeixen”), bookings are made via the festival’s Tickets page:
- Go to bcnsportsfilm.org
- Find the session
- Click Tickets and complete the form
- You will receive an email confirmation



