On Wednesday, December 4th at the Auditorium of “Palazzo Lombardia” (Piazza Lombardy – Milan), Dr. Antonio Rossi , Councilor for Sport of the Region has opened the event to the presence of the highest Institutional Authorities , Civil and Sports and by representatives 15 International Festivals of the World FICTS Challenge and 62 international directors .
The organizers of the 14 Festival in 5 Continents of International Circuit “World FICTS Challenge”
The FICTS President Prof. Franco Ascanians has received the ” Excellence Guirlande d’Honneur” – the highest honor of the Federation – John Malagò President of the National Olympic Committee on the eve of the 100th anniversary , Hugh Laurie, the famous ” Dr. House”, Hristo Stoichkov , “Ballon d’Or 1994”, Vincent Candela 1998 Football World Champion , Martina Caironi , a London 2012 Paralympic Gold in the 100 meter dash and the cyclist Francesco Moser on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the world record time of track and the Sporting Group Yellow Flames for ” engagement with young people.”
Italian National Olympic Committee President Giovanni Malagò (left9 awarded by
FICTS President Prof. Franco Ascani with the “Excellence Guirlande d’Honneur”
Francesco Ricci Bitti , President of the Association of Summer Olympic Sports Federations , has joined the Honorary Members of the FICTS , while Bud Greenspan wad awarded the Guirlande d’ Honneur (in the memory) as the film’s official Olympic Games in six editions .
The evening ended with a tribute to Giuseppe Verdi on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Italian composer with the presence of the costume of “La Traviata” by Zeffirelli.
Tuesday, December 3rd has started at the Seventeenth Century Palazzo Giureconsulti (Piazza Mercanti, 2 – Milan ) on ” Sport Movies & Tv 2013 – 31st Milano International FICTS Fest” World Championship of Film , Television and Culture, Sports , concluding moment of the circuit 14 in 5 Continents Festival with the European premiere of the film ” match” inspired by the game of football played in 1942 in Ukraine between a selection and a local Nazi representative ( already the subject of the famous film ” Escape to Victory ” with Pele) the presence of the director and producer Andrey Malyukov Ilya Neretin .
It was one of the 72 previews that will characterize the 2013 Festival dedicated to Ottavio Missoni organized by FICTS (Fédération Internationale Cinéma Télévision Sportifs , joined with 113 Nations) .