The World Olympians Association will be hosting its first ever OLY House Film Festival during the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
The Festival will showcase films made by Olympians or about the Olympic Movement and will run from July 27 to August 11, 2024.
There will be film screenings, Q&As and an awards ceremony and will take place live in the OLY House theater in Paris and online at e-OLY House.
The Festival will show sports narratives and documentaries, both feature length and short form.
A jury consisting of international award-winning film makers and Olympians will award winners of:
Best Feature Length Film
Best Short Form Film
Special Jury Prize
Olympians Choice Award
Vote at e-OLY House for the Olympians Choice Award. Have your say here.
| Movie | Description |
|---|---|
| Against all Odds | This true story tells the journey of an orphaned girl raised in Uganda's neglected Karamoja region, who, despite facing numerous heartbreaking obstacles, achieved her dream of attending Makerere University. |
| Frank Curiel: A Baseball Story | Frank Curiel is revered as "The Godfather" of baseball in Curaçao. After more than 50 years of dedication to the sport, he continues to support his community and ensure that kids have a safe place to train. |
| A Ball | A humble ball speaks to a rich ball and expresses its deepest thoughts about the real meaning of rolling in life. |
| Strong Grandma | Ninety-five-year-old Catherine Kuehn, a world record powerlifter, reflects on the love and loss that brought her to this moment as she prepares for her final competition. |
| Song of Ice | Courageous adventurers face the ice in a a story of epic proportions. |
| Reconnect | Professional kitesurfer and three-time world champion Jalou Langeree candidly discusses her career-long battle with depression, highlighting mental health issues and gender inequality in elite sport. |
| Outswing | On the outskirts of Islamabad, a committed coach teaches a team of unlikely players, their families, and a community how playing Cricket can change lives. |
| Kangaroo | Three-time Olympic champion Viktor Saneyev OLY, remembered as the greatest Georgian athlete of the twentieth century, talks about his humble beginnings and the hardships he faced as a child and then after retiring and immigrating to Australia. |
| Riding Uphill | "Riding Uphill" is a story set in Kitakyushu's Kokura, the birthplace of Keirin, that depicts the awkward struggle of men living on the edge as they pursue their dreams in the professional bicycle racing sport where betting is allowed. |
| World Debut | Once lifestyle fads, skateboarding, surfing, and sport climbing are now in the Olympic Games, as highlighted by figures like Tony Hawk, Emily Harrington, and Sofia Mulanovich. |
| Will William, the humanitarian | Will Williams, an American world-class long jumper and Paris 2024 Olympic hopeful believes his true mission is to serve as an inspiration for his community. |
| Ping Pong Parkinson | Globally acclaimed musician Nenad Bach’s performing career was abruptly cut short by Parkinson's Disease, but playing competitive table tennis has reversed his symptoms enough for him to return to the stage. |
| Samir, la force des reves | "Samir, la force des rêves" tells the story of a Moroccan born in France to a modest family who, through his dreams, made sport history by becoming Morocco's first Winter Olympic athlete. |
| Surfing through the odds | In São Tomé and Príncipe, where girls traditionally spend most of their day collecting water and helping their families and were previously not allowed to surf, SOMA fights for gender equality through surf therapy, academic support, and mental health education. |
| He Happened | "He Happened" is the story of Ratko Rudić, one of the greatest water polo coaches of all time, featuring 125 prominent figures in water polo who discuss his career, his bad luck as a player and his numerous gold medals as a coach with three different national teams. |
| A Second Family | In Goma, DR Congo, Amina's life changed when she was placed in a school for deaf children despite being able to hear, leading her to learn sign language and later coach Goma’s first basketball team of deaf players. |
| Phoenix | Phoenix, who lost both legs in a childhood car accident and faced pain from prosthetics and social stigma, found new hope and self-expression through new Olympic sport breaking as he discovered his hands could support his body and his dreams. |
| The Wall | This fairy tale documentary chronicles Büşra Ün OLY, Turkey's first female Olympic tennis player, highlighting her life, her sacrifices, and her journey to elite sport. |
| Nefta Football Club | In southern Tunisia, two football fan brothers discover a donkey lost in the desert near the Algerian border, peculiarly wearing headphones. |
| Fighting for Life | Fighting for Life gives an inside look at South Africa's Drakenstein Correctional Center, where Dutch boxing coach Sharita van der Hulst's impactful rehabilitation programme turns long-serving prisoners into boxing coaches. |
| Winds of Change | Winds of Change tells the story of Olympian Sophia Papamichalopoulos's impossible journey to unite young Greek and Turkish Cypriots by sailing with them around the politically divided island to challenge, empower, and inspire unity through sport. |
| The Sirens of Ukraine | Twin Ukrainian sisters Maryna and Vladyslava Aleksiiva fled their apartment under bombings, taking their Tokyo 2020 Olympic medals with them, and then returned to train at home under duress trying to qualify to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. |
| Another Drive | The film follows sprinter and two-time world track cycling champion Damian Zieliński as he reflects on his 23-year career and faces the pivotal decision of whether to continue competing or retire. |
| The Life In My Fists | Olympic medalist Adriana Araújo cannot find sponsorship but wants to keep on fighting and fulfill her dream of winning the world title. |
| Personal Gold: An underdog story | Reed Albergotti (Wall Street Journal) calls the film 'Miracle meets Moneyball' describing the behind-the-scenes experience of four underdog women cyclists who become America's hope for a medal at the 2012 London Olympics after the men's team is banned during the Lance Armstrong drug scandal. The underfunded women turn to volunteers, including their husbands and an innovative approach using 'Data not Doping' in an attempt to do the impossible; win the first U.S. Women's Track Cycling medal in over 20 years. |
| Private Screening: MOSES - 13 Steps | MOSES - 13 Steps is a powerful exploration of the life and legacy of Edwin Moses, an unparalleled athlete and visionary whose triumphs on and off the track catalysed significant social and scientific change and inspired generations to break barriers of all kinds. |
| e-OLY House only: A MOST BEAUTIFUL THING | A MOST BEAUTIFUL THING, narrated by Academy-Award and Grammy winner, Common, and executive produced by NBA stars Grant Hill and Dwyane Wade, chronicles the first African American high school rowing team in this country, made up of young men, many of whom were in rival gangs from the West Side of Chicago, all coming together to row in the same boat. |
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