Over 400 films from 40 different countries have entered the 7th edition of the Sports Film Festival, to be held in Barcelona from 3 to 7 May. Entries include fictional, documentary, commercial and other works, from which the jury must shortlist 100 to be screened around more venues than ever before, as the festival has increased the number of locations this year.

The festival was presented this morning in the presence of Marta Carranza, Chair of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation and Commissioner for Sports at Barcelona City Council.

The most outstanding new feature of the festival is the increase in the number of venues showing films. As well as the usual locations, the screens at Can Castellet, Sant Boi de Llobregat, the Ateneu Barcelonès, the Auditori de Sant Martí and the Fort Pienc Civic Centre will all be involved. A selection of films from the BCN Sports Film Festival will also be screened at prison facilities around Catalonia.

The festival includes 25 sessions devoted to the most popular sports, Olympic and Paralympic disciplines, other lesser-known sporting activities and sporting challenges and dreams which have been fulfilled. Most sessions are aimed at the general public and all of them are free.

A large number of films in this 7th edition have been shortlisted or awarded prizes at international festivals such as the Berninale and those in San Sebastian and Cannes.

Check out the full programme here.