The festival saw seven films screened in just over a week at the Pasaka Cinema and aimed to bring together the sporting community and film lovers.

"The mission of the festival is to show that sport can be very diverse - both in terms of types of sport and the emotions in the gym," said LNOC President and Olympic shooting gold medallist Daina Gudzinevičiūtė, who organised the event.

"Cinema is a way to get a closer look at undiscovered sports events with the help of art, and to better understand the feelings that the greatest athletes have.

"After all, there is definitely hard work behind every achievement."

The Festival was opened with a showing of Visions of Eight, an American documentary on the Munich 1972 Olympic Games worked on by eight directors.

It was chosen to mark the 50th anniversary of the Games which saw 11 Israeli athletes and a German police officer lose their lives.

Lithuanian athletes were in attendance, including Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games silver medallist Saulius Ritter and world champions Martynas Džiaugys and Dovydas Nemeravičius, all of whom are rowers.

Before the start of the screening, Gudzinevičiūtė gave a welcome address to the audience.

She said that "sports must be about peace, it is a great way to compete because the competitor is not your enemy and what we see in the film must never happen again."

"The early morning of 6 September changed the lives of many Israeli people forever," said Israeli Ambassador to Lithuania Hadas Wittenberg Silverstein.

"The terror attacks have left a deep trauma and a terrible message that no one is immune and no one ever will be."

Following the first screening, Lithuanian athletes who competed at Munich 1972 shared their thoughts on the Games.

Among them were former swimmer Birutė Užkuraitytė-Statkevičienė and shot putter Rimantas Plungė.