22nd Seville European Film Festival
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Opening filmThe Last Viking
Closing filmChopin, a Sonata in Paris
AwardsGolden Giraldillo: We Believe You
 Official poster by José Luis Ágreda[1] | |
| Opening film | The Last Viking |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Chopin, a Sonata in Paris |
| Location | Seville, Spain |
| Awards | Golden Giraldillo: We Believe You |
| Festival date | 7–15 November 2025 |
The 22nd Seville European Film Festival is took place from 7 to 15 November 2025 in Seville, Spain.[2] Anders Thomas Jensen's black comedy film The Last Viking served as the festival's opening film while Michał Kwieciński's biographical drama Chopin, a Sonata in Paris closed the festival.[3][4]
Belgian drama We Believe You, directed by Charlotte Devillers and Arnaud Dufeys, won the Golden Giraldillo, as well as the awards for Best Screenplay and Best Actress.[5]
On 31 October 2025, the complete lineup was announced, including over 180 Spanish and international films.[6] A competitive section for short films was introduced including two awards: Best Short Film and Best Animated Short Film.[7] It was also announced that the nominations for the 38th European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Awards, will be announced at Real Alcázar in Seville on 18 November 2025. The nominations announcement, which had been held in Seville for previous editions of the awards, will take place in the city every two years.[8] The official posters for the festival were designed by José Luis Ágreda, inspired by the traditional posters for the celebrations that take place in Seville during spring.[1]
Greek-French filmmaker Costa-Gavras, French actress Juliette Binoche, Spanish filmmaker Alberto Rodríguez Librero, and Irish director Jim Sheridan, all will be honored with the Giraldillo of Honor. Additionally, Rodríguez Librero will present his film Los Tigres as one of the special screenings while Binoche will screen in the same section the documentary In-I in Motion, her directorial debut.
Sections
The films and projects selected for each announced section are as follows:[6][9][10]
Official selection
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Magnificent Life | Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol | Sylvain Chomet | France, Luxembourg, Belgium |
| A Year of School | Un anno di scuola | Laura Samani | Italy, France |
| All That's Left of You | اللي باقي منك | Cherien Dabis | Germany, Cyprus, Palestine, Jordan, Greece, Qatar, Saudi Arabia |
| Under the Same Sun | Bajo el mismo sol | Ulises Porra | Dominican Republic, Spain |
| DJ Ahmet | Диџеј Ахмет | Georgi M. Unkovski | North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia |
| Case 137 | Dossier 137 | Dominik Moll | France |
| Dreams (Sex Love) | Drømmer | Dag Johan Haugerud | Norway |
| The Piano Accident | L'Accident de piano | Quentin Dupieux | France |
| The Last Viking (opening film) | Den sidste viking | Anders Thomas Jensen | Denmark, Sweden |
| Enzo | Robin Campillo | France, Belgium, Italy | |
| Fuori | Mario Martone | Italy, France | |
| The Anatomy of the Horses | La anatomía de los caballos | Daniel Vidal Toche | Spain, Peru, Colombia, France |
| The Little Sister | La Petite Dernière | Hafsia Herzi | France, Germany |
| Late Shift | Heldin | Petra Volpe | Switzerland, Germany |
| Colours of Time | La Venue de l'avenir | Cédric Klapisch | France |
| Mother | Мајка | Teona Strugar Mitevska | Belgium, North Macedonia |
| We Believe You | On vous croit | Charlotte Devillers, Arnaud Dufeys | Belgium |
| Out of competition | |||
| Chopin, a Sonata in Paris | Chopin, Chopin! | Michał Kwieciński | Poland |
| Islands | Islas | Marina Seresesky | Spain |
| Serás Farruquito | Santi Aguado, Reuben Atlas | Spain, United States | |
Short Films
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Good Day | Um dia bom | Tiago Rosa-Rosso | Portugal |
| A South-Facing Window | Une fenêtre plein sud | Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir | Francia, Mongolia |
| Autokar | Sylwia Szkiłądź | Belgium, France | |
| Baile de Feria | Bernabé Bulnes | Spain | |
| Between the Lines | Niklas Pollmann | Austria | |
| Blackbird | Paysage après la bataille | João Paulo Miranda Maria | France |
| Bright Summer Days | Beli dani | Nevena Desivojević | Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Portugal |
| Dad's Not Home | Taty nie ma | Jan Saczek | Poland |
| Dissection of an Incoherence in Crisi | Dissecció d'una incoherència en crisi | Nausica Serra | Spain |
| Éiru | Giovanna Ferrari | Ireland | |
| Hermanas | Setefilla González Naranjo, Javier Barbero Montes | Spain | |
| In Her Arms | Roman Volosevych | Ukraine | |
| L'Horizon du bout du nez | Étienne Bonnet | France | |
| The Song of the Sheep | Le Cantique des Moutons | Jules Marcel, Anaïs Castro de Angel, Juliette Bigo, Evan Lambert, Alex Le Ruyet, Jeanne Bigo, Anaïs Ledoux | France |
| Le Jardin Rossini | William Burger, Siméon Jacob, Odelia Laine, Garance Mondamert, Tara Rewal, Mathilde Vergereau, Arthur Wong | France | |
| Mass Grave | Noëlle Bastin, Baptiste Bogaert | France | |
| Murmuration | Janneke Swinkels, Tim Frijsinger | Netherlands | |
| My Brother, My Brother | Saad Dnewar, Abdelrahman Dnewar | France, Germany, Egypt | |
| Nest | Stefania Burla | Switzerland | |
| Nesting | Iyanah Bativala | Czech Republic | |
| Nine Times Better | Nio gånger bättre | Lorenzo Follari, Emma Dock | Sweden, Italy |
| Paleontology Lesson | Sergei Loznitsa | Netherlands | |
| Talk Me | Joecar Hanna | Spain, United States | |
| Tenéis que Verlo | Nacho Solana | Spain | |
| The Bird from Within | O pajaro de dentro | Laura Anahory | Portugal |
| To the Woods | Un fugue | Agnès Patron | France |
| Yonne | Julietta Korbel, Yan Ciszewski | Switzerland, France | |
Alumbramiento
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All the Time | Amélie Derlon Cordina | Belgium | |
| Dragonfly | Paul Andrew Williams | United Kingdom | |
| My Place Is Here | Il mio posto è qui | Daniela Porto, Cristiano Bortone | Italy, Germany |
| Julian | Cato Kusters | Belgium, Netherlands | |
| My Father's Son | 比如父子 | Qiu Sheng | China, France |
| Renovation | Renovacija | Gabrielė Urbonaitė | Lithuania, Latvia, Belgium |
| Sweetheart | Gioia mia | Margherita Spampinato | Italy |
| The Herd | Tarika | Milko Lazarov | Bulgaria, Germany, Luxembourg |
| The Girls We Want | Les Filles désir | Prïncia Car | France |
Embrujo
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Balcony in Limoges | Un balcon à Limoges | Jérôme Reybaud | France |
| Alarm Notes | Anthea Kennedy, Ian Wiblin | United Kingdom, Germany | |
| Balane 3 | Ico Costa | Portugal, France | |
| Balentes | Giovanni Columbu | Italy, Germany | |
| Before/After | Avant/Après | Manoël Dupont | Belgium |
| Cosmos | Germinal Roaux | Switzerland, France, Mexico | |
| Dandelion's Odyssey | Planètes | Momoko Seto | France, Belgium |
| Don't Let the Sun | Jacqueline Zünd | Switzerland, Italy | |
| Gen_ | Gianluca Matarrese | France, Italy, Switzerland | |
| The Lake | Le Lac | Fabrice Aragno | Switzerland |
| Life After Siham | La Vie après Siham | Namir Abdel Messeeh | France, Egypt |
| Olivia | Sofía Petersen | Argentina, Spain, United Kingdom | |
| Ouro e Oásis | Sebastião Borges | Portugal | |
| Quién vio los templos caer | Lucía Selva | Spain | |
| We Are Two Abysses | Kopal Joshy | Portugal | |
| Writing Life: Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students | Écrire la vie - Annie Ernaux racontée par des lycéennes et des lycéens | Claire Simon | France |
Essentials
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Saragossa Manuscript (1965) | Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie | Wojciech Has | Poland |
| The Name of the Rose (1986) | Jean-Jacques Annaud | Italy, France, West Germany | |
| The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973) | Sanatorium pod klepsydrą | Wojciech Has | Poland |
| The Confession (1970) | L'aveu | Costa-Gavras | France, Italy |
| The NeverEnding Story | Die unendliche Geschichte | Wolfgang Petersen | West Germany, United States |
| Z (1969) | Costa-Gavras | France, Algeria | |
| Dr. Strangelove (1964) | Stanley Kubrick | United States | |
Rampa
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comeback | Jan Roosens, Raf Roosens | Belgium | |
| Drifting Laurent | Laurent dans le vent | Mattéo Eustachon, Léo Couture, Anton Balekdjian | France |
| Els Mals Noms | Marc Ortiz Prades | Spain | |
| God Will Not Help | Bog Neće Pomoći | Hana Jušić | Croatia, Italy, Romania, Greece, France, Slovenia |
| Imago | Déni Oumar Pitsaev | France, Belgium | |
| Ish | Imran Perretta | United Kingdom | |
| Letters from Wolf Street | Listy z Wilczej | Arjun Talwar | Poland, Germany |
| My Father's Shadow | Akinola Davies Jr. | United Kingdom, Nigeria | |
| Perla | Alexandra Makárová | Austria, Slovakia | |
| Short Summer | Nastia Korkia | Germany, France, Serbia | |
| Silent Rebellion | À bras-le-corps | Marie-Elsa Sgualdo | Switzerland, Belgium, France |
| Silent Storms | Les tempêtes | Dania Reymond-Boughenou | Belgium, France |
| Straight Circle | Oscar Hudson | United Kingdom | |
| The Kidnapping of Arabella | Il rapimento di Arabella | Carolina Cavalli | Italy |
| The Last One for the Road | Le città di pianura | Francesco Sossai | Italy, Germany |
| Vitrival | Noëlle Bastin, Baptiste Bogaert | Belgium | |
Andalusian Panorama Films
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio, el Bailarín de España | Paco Ortiz | Spain | |
| The Heaven of Animals | El cielo de los animales | Santiago Amodeo | |
| Ellas en la ciudad | Reyes Gallegos | ||
| En Silencio | Sara Sálamo | ||
| Golpes | Rafael Cobos | ||
| La Marisma | Manu Trillo | ||
| Amira's Land | La tierra de Amira | Roberto Jiménez | |
| Los Pinceles de la Baronesa | Mauricio Angulo, Julio Muñoz | ||
| No Sea Tu Falta | Moisés Salama | ||
| Plaza Nueva a las Diez | Carmen Tortosa | ||
| Rabioso | Luis María Ferrández | ||
| Sueños Flamencos | Juanma Suárez | ||
| Tiempo entre Olivos | Fany de la Chica | ||
| The Stepmother's Bond | Tras el verano | Yolanda Centeno | |
| Una Película de Miedo | Sergio Oksman | ||
Andalusian Panorama Shorts
- Highlighted title indicates award winner.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acción, Figuración | Pablo Cueto | Spain | |
| All You Need is Love | Dany Ruz | ||
| Allí, Lejos de Aquí | Pedro Gondi | Spain, Germany | |
| De Madrid al Cielo | Pablo Pérez | Spain | |
| Desenterrar un Rosal | Bruno Ojeda | ||
| Discordia | Álvaro Amante | ||
| Ei, Temi | Jesús Minchón, Marta Aguilella, Arnau Belloc | ||
| El Amoragaor | Adrián Ordóñez | ||
| El Lado Más Bestia de la Vida | José Antonio Campos Aguilera | ||
| Fuera del Agua | Aly Fresno | ||
| Gilbert | Arturo Lacal, Alex Salu, Jordi Jiménez | ||
| Happy Hour | Nico Romero, Álvaro Monje | ||
| Jueves de Marzo | Luis Murillo Arias | ||
| La Cura | Rosendo M. Diezma | ||
| La Sangre | Joaquín León | ||
| Las Desqueridas | Charlie García Villalba, Gonzalo Ruiz Esteban | ||
| Lo Que Desaparece | Nono Ayuso, Rodrigo Inad | Spain, Argentina, Mexico, United Kingdom, United States | |
| One-Way Circle | Alicia Núñez Puerto | Spain, Portugal | |
| Quejío de Loba | Andrea Ganfornina | Spain | |
| Relax | JL Maldonado | ||
| Romance de la Luna, Luna | Jimena R. Herrera | ||
| ¿Quién Mató a la Cucaracha? | Juan Escribano Tamayo | ||
European Film Academy Selection
- Highlighted title indicates Audience Award winner.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagles of the Republic | Tarik Saleh | Sweden, France, Denmark | |
| Franz | Agnieszka Holland | Czech Republic, Germany, Poland | |
| Good Valley Stories | Historias del buen valle | José Luis Guerin | Spain, France |
| Little Amélie or the Character of Rain | Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes | Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han | France |
| Little Trouble Girls | Kaj ti je deklica | Urška Djukić | Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia |
| Nouvelle Vague | Richard Linklater | United States, France | |
| Orphan | Árva | László Nemes | Hungary, United Kingdom, Germany, France |
| Sanatorium | Gar O'Rourke | Ireland, Ukraine, France | |
| Sirāt | Oliver Laxe | Spain, France | |
| Sound of Falling | In die Sonne schauen | Mascha Schilinski | Germany |
| The Love That Remains | Ástin Sem Eftir Er | Hlynur Pálmason | Iceland |
| A Poet | Un poeta | Simón Mesa Soto | Colombia, Germany, Sweden |
| Sentimental Value | Affeksjonsverdi | Joachim Trier | Norway, France, Denmark, Germany |