The Seville European Film Festival is now in its 22nd edition, scheduled from November 7 to 15 with the aim of becoming a meeting point between the public and professionals in the sector. One of the cultural events that promises to enrich the Sevillian guide in autumn.
A handful of competitive sections, beyond the official one, make up the SEFF. Last year’s novelties are repeated in 2026: ‘Rampa’, which recognizes new directors, and ‘Alumbramiento’, which will showcase films without distribution in Spain.
The edition will also include special screenings, tributes and retrospectives, exhibitions, round tables, master classes and a wide range of parallel activities. In short, the Seville European Film Festival will integrate over 9 days the best titles produced in Europe during 2025.
Tickets and passes can already be purchased on the official website of the festival or at the physical points of sale: Nervión Plaza and Odeón Plaza de Armas. The price of each screening is 3.5 €; access to the galas and special events is 6 €.
Festival venues
In addition to the screening rooms that have been used by the festival on other occasions (MK2 Nervión Plaza, Cines Cervantes and Teatro Alameda), there are other venues. Namely: the five screens of the Odeon Plaza de Armas, two of Avenida 5 Cines, as well as one of the auditoriums of the Cartuja Center, with capacity for more than 2,000 spectators.
As for the parallel activities programmed, the Cajasol Foundation, the CICUS and the Factoría Cultural will provide their spaces, although they will not be the only ones this 2025.
The Teatro Central, the Gallo Rojo space, the Teatro de la Maestranza, various educational and university institutions, civic centers and the Seville 1 Penitentiary Center will join this project devoted to cinema.
As for the Official Selection, although all the titles have yet to be revealed, it will include films such as Enzo, All That’s Left of You, La vida fuera or Serás Farruquito.
Films that cross different sensibilities and narrative aesthetics and that will be screened throughout the Festival.
Parallel activities
Among the alternatives offered by the festival, we highlight the following events:
- The conference to be given by animation film producer Ron Dyens (responsible for the Oscar-winning Flow) The Seven Lives of a Film on November 10 at the Cervantes Cinema.
- The meeting The art of narrating family genealogy, on the construction of Palestinian memory through filmic narrative (November 10 at the Pablo de Olavide University).
- Claire Simon and The Art of Writing Life from her documentary Writing Life – Annie Ernaux
Through the Eyes of High School Students. November 14 at the CICUS. - Presentation of the book Rafael Cobos. Escritura y pantalla on November 10 at 7:00 p.m. at the Teatro Central, in a conversation between the screenwriter and filmmaker and the actor Antonio de la Torre.
- Giraldillos de Honor to Alberto Rodríguez and a dialogue with journalist Pedro Álvarez (November 8 at the CICUS) and Costa-Gavras (November 9 at the Cartuja Center CITE).
- The Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla (ROSS) will be one of the main protagonists of this edition.
of this edition. On the one hand, it will accompany the screening of the silent film Carmen (Ernst Lubitsch, 1918) at the Maestranza on November 12 and will close the festival with the concert España es…. of cinema! The soundtrack of our lives.
You can consult the complete program, presentations, cinema in the neighborhoods and all the meetings on the festival’s official website.
Season tickets for the Seville European Film Festival: types and prices
Those interested and interested in getting one of the available season tickets will be able to choose between 4 different types depending on their profile and preferences. Namely:
- Individual Season Ticket: includes 8 films for 22 euros.
- Duo Season Ticket: allows those interested to redeem two tickets per session and the possibility of seeing up to 10 films. The price in this case is 28 euros. In other words: it can be enjoyed individually (10 films) or shared (5 double tickets for 5 films) or mixed.
- For the over 60s there is the senior season ticket. 10 films for 20 euros, which can also be shared (regardless of the age of the companion in question) in double or single tickets.
- Youth Season Ticket. For those under 26 years of age, this pass can be purchased for 10 films for 18 euros.
* The subscription is not a ticket as such, so it does not give direct access to the screenings. In order to access the screenings, it is a prerequisite to exchange the season ticket for tickets at the Festival ticket offices or online.