01/10/2026 - The Andalusian gathering, which will run from 6-14 November, has announced 15 competition titles and boasts a strong Spanish presence

The Seville European Film Festival has unveiled the first 32 titles set to screen at its 23rd edition, which will run from 6-14 November. The freshly announced programme includes 15 feature films in the official section, alongside a selection of movies recognised by the European Film Academy and several Spanish titles spread across different sections.

The official section will combine debut features with new works by established filmmakers. Among them is 3 Weeks After by Miroslav Terzić, presented at Karlovy Vary, where it received the Europa Cinemas Label. Also competing is Adult Supervision, the feature debut by Sweden’s Alex Schulman and the country’s Oscar submission. Adolescence is also at the centre of the French animated film Blaise by Dimitri Planchon and Jean-Paul Guigue, winner of the Best Film Award in Annecy’s Contrechamp section.

Family relationships run through several titles in the selection. Children of the Monkey, the feature debut by Italy’s Tommaso Landucci, rocks up following its appearance in Venice’s Orizzonti section. Meanwhile, Romanian filmmaker Florin Şerban will present You Don't Belong Here, winner of the Golden Leopard at Locarno. Following its Cannes competition bow, Arthur Harari comes to Seville with The Unknown, starring Léa Seydoux, while Irish documentary filmmaker Kim Bartley moves into fiction with Lemonade, a coming-of-age flick presented at Toronto.

Arriving from Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight is Low Expectations, the feature debut by Eivind Landsvik, while Rudi Rosenberg will take part with Words of Love. Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert will compete with The Idiot(s), starring Aimee Lou Wood, while Nepalese filmmaker Abinash Bikram Shah will present Elephants in the Fog, winner of the Jury Prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard and Nepal’s Oscar submission. The competition also includes Black Money for White Nights by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov.

Spanish cinema will be represented in the official section by Taranta, the feature debut by Samuel Nacar, and Tralovento by Eloy Domínguez Serén. Screening out of competition will be the documentary Anguita. El hombre de los tres siglos by Hugo Cabezas, devoted to politician Julio Anguita. The Spanish presence will continue in other sections with Bailar la muerte by Luis E Parés and Monstro by Andrés Goteira, in Embrujo, and Clanes de Dios by Tino de la Huerta, in Alumbramiento.

The EFA Selection will bring together 12 films linked to the European Film Academy. Alongside the previously announced opening film, Viva Carmen by Sébastien Laudenbach, the line-up will feature titles such as All About Corinne by Marc Fitoussi, starring Isabelle Huppert; Coward by Lukas Dhont; Everytime by Sandra Wollner; and Rose by Markus Schleinzer, starring Sandra Hüller. The selection also includes Fatherland by Paweł Pawlikowski; Fjord by Cristian Mungiu; The Spiral by Paolo Strippoli; I Rarely Wake up Dreaming by Isabelle Stever; La Gradiva, the debut feature by Marine Atlan; Yellow Letters by İlker Çatak; and the animated feature The Violinist by Ervin Han and Raúl García.

Finally, the festival will present one of its Honorary Awards to Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon, founded by Paul Young, Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey. The festival had previously announced another Honorary Award for Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland.

(Translated from Spanish)