The 22nd Seville European Film Festival took place from 7 to 15 November 2025 in Seville, Spain. 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.
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.
Background On 31 October 2025, the complete lineup was announced, including over 180 Spanish and international films. A competitive section for short films was introduced including two awards: Best Short Film and Best Animated Short Film. 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. 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.
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:
Official selection Highlighted title indicates award winner. {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px" |- !scope="col" width="25%" | English title !scope="col" width="25%" | Original title !scope="col" width="25%" | Director(s) !scope="col" width="20%" | 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 || Den sidste viking || Anders Thomas Jensen || Denmark, Sweden |- | colspan="2"| Enzo || Robin Campillo || France, Belgium, Italy |- | colspan="2"| 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 |-style="background:#EEDD82" | We Believe You || On vous croit || Charlotte Devillers, Arnaud Dufeys || Belgium
! colspan = "4" | Out of competition |- | Chopin, a Sonata in Paris || Chopin, Chopin! || Michał Kwieciński || Poland |- | Islands || Islas || || Spain |- | colspan = "2" | 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 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
Awards The following awards were presented:
Official competition Golden Giraldillo: We Believe You by Charlotte Devillers and Arnaud Dufeys Grand Jury Prize: DJ Ahmet by Georgi M. Unkovski Best Director: Cherien Dabis for All That's Left of You Best Actor: Arif Jakup for DJ Ahmet Best Actress: Myriem Akheddiou for We Believe You Best Screenplay: Charlotte Devillers and Arnaud Dufeys for We Believe You Best Cinematography: Angello Faccini for The Anatomy of the Horses Best Editing: Hansjörg Weissbrich for Late Shift