31/10/2013 - The Seville Festival, which is turning ten, is to present 182 films with 363 screenings

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The Seville Festival, which is turning ten, is to present 182 films with 363 screenings

On Tuesday, October 30, the programme of the tenth edition of the Seville European Film Festival was presented. The festival will take place on November 8-16, during which time 182 films will be presented with 363 screenings. The edition was described as “ambitious” and with a “restricted budget” according to its director, José Luis Cienfuegos. The festival’s guest of honour will be Portuguese cinema.

Among the festival’s sections is an “international competition” one, which will highlight a few of the most awarded productions from the season, including Italian Sacro GRA [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Gianfranco Rosi
film profile] by Gianfranco Rosi (Golden Lion in Venice), Stray Dogs [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Tsai Ming-Liang (Grand Jury Prize in Venice), An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Danis Tanović
film profile] by Danis Tanovic (Silver Bear for best actor and Grand Jury Prize in Berlin) and The Notebook [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Janos Szász
film profile] by János Szász (winner of the Karlovy Vary), together with films such as 10.000 noches en ninguna parte by Ramón Salazar; Jimmy P. [+see also:
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interview: Arnaud Desplechin
film profile] by Arnaud Desplechin; Les salauds/Bastards [+see also:
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film profile], by Claire Denis; The Immigrant [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by James Gray; La moglie del poliziotto [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Philip Gröning
film profile] by Philip Gröning; The Selfish Giant [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Clio Barnard
interview: Clio Barnard
film profile] by Clio Barnard and We Are The Best! [+see also:
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film profile] by Lukas Moodysson.

The international jury in charge of giving out awards in this section is made up of Spanish director Manuel Martín Cuenca (currently in movie theatres with Caníbal [+see also:
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interview: Manuel Martín Cuenca
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Beyond this section, the Seville event will present the usual "Las nuevas olas" sections, divided into fiction and documentary, dedicated to European film newcomers. "Resistencia" will present independent Spanish producers resisting the crisis; "Europa Junior" will be geared at young people’s cinema; "Selezione EFA" will feature the best candidates from the European Film Academy (EFA), and "Eurimages" will encompass pieces of work supported by the organisation, as well as various special cycles dedicated to Andalusian and Portugues cinema.

Retrospectives will be dedicated to Swedish Gunvor Nelson, French Leos Carax, Seville-native María Cañas as well as to contemporary animation cinema from Eastern Europe.

To look at a full programme from the Seville European Film Festival, click here. 

(Translated from Spanish)