More than 60 Spanish productions (including feature films, shorts and series) will be screened at the 21st Seville European Film Festival (8-16 November), directed for the first time - after his coordination duties - last year (read more) by producer Manuel Cristóbal.

Competing in the Official Selection for the Golden Giraldillo are Desmontando un elefante [+lire aussi :
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The Special Screenings section consists of nine Spanish films, including Afternoons of Solitude [+lire aussi :
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A highlight in the New Waves section, Margarita Ledo Andion's documentary I'd Rather Be Condemned [+lire aussi :
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The new Rampa section will screen José Manuel Carrasco's latest film, Miocardio [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], by the Afghan Roya Sadat; while in the Enlightenment section, Javier Barbero and Martín Guerra will present Los Bárbaros. The 3D animated film Norbert, by José Corral Llorente, is part of the Europa Junior section. Finally, Panorama Andaluz will be showing 15 feature films and 23 short films.

Completing the Official Selection are the acclaimed animated film Flow [+lire aussi :
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interview : Leonardo van Dijl
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interview : Margarida Cardoso
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interview : Jethro Massey
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interview : Pia Marais
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interview : Guillaume Senez
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interview : Magnus von Horn
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interview : Rusudan Glurjidze
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interview : Sandhya Suri
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Also in this section will be the French-Canadian drama Who by Fire [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], a choral and political comedy by Julie Delpy; the adaptation by twins Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma And their Children after Them [+lire aussi :
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interview : Alexandros Avranas
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interview : Jan-Willem van Ewijk
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interview : Ramon et Silvan Zürcher
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interview : Lucie Prost
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Finally, there will be notable activities as part of Frame Sevilla, an event that brings together professionals from the film industry to share experiences, concerns and knowledge, which will be held between Monday 11 and Friday 15 November.