1. Organizers of the festival: Festival Nike founders are Georgian
cinematographers: Film director Maia Archvadze, film producer Zurab
Khutsishvili, a film critic-journalist Natia Khorbaladze.

2. Purpose of the festival: Batumi Sport Films International Festival NIKE being
held for the first time in Georgia. The main goal of the film festival is to introduce
the audience to new works of world and Georgian sports cinema with high artistic
value, new trends of world sports cinema and to promote the actualization of the
sports theme in Georgian cinema.

3. Where and when: Batumi Sport Films International Festival NIKE will be held in
Batumi, Georgia on September 6-12.
On September 12, the closing ceremony of the festival will be held, at which the
winners will be announced and prizes will be awarded to them.

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4. Participation: the following categories of films produced during the last 5 years
(2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) can participate in the festival: full-length feature
film, full-length documentary film, short feature film, short documentary film.

Film registration period July 01-August 15, 2025.

 

Films must be presented in the original language with English subtitles.

 

The directorate of the festival offers the authors of the films participating in the festival to participate in an innovative
project. Films participating in the main program of the festival will be shown on
the air of the Public Broadcaster of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara. An
interactive audience survey will be conducted. The winner will be awarded a
special prize for the sympathy of the audience. Of course, participation in this
competition is voluntary.