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Seville Film Fest Highlights Emerging European Cinematic Talents
7 Nov
Summary
- Seville European Film Festival features first and second feature films
- Animated odyssey "Dandelion's Odyssey" and Nigerian drama "My Father's Shadow" earn acclaim
- Variety highlights 7 features and 5 shorts from the festival
The 2025 Seville European Film Festival is proving to be a platform for discovering new cinematic talents from across the continent. Variety has highlighted a selection of 7 features and 5 short films that are generating significant buzz and critical acclaim.
Among the standouts is "Dandelion's Odyssey," an experimental animated feature from director Momoko Seto that uses innovative techniques like time-lapse, macro-photography, and robotics to tell the story of four friends who become dandelion seeds floating off into space after a nuclear war. The film has already earned a Cannes Fipresci Award and an Annecy Animation Festival win.
Another highlight is "My Father's Shadow," the feature film debut of Nigerian director Akinola Davies Jr. Variety has praised it as a "miraculous gem of auto-fiction" that follows two young boys on a journey with their father from a rural village to the bustling city of Lagos. The film has the distinction of being Nigeria's first-ever selection for the Cannes Film Festival.
