# 2nd Seville International Short Film Festival

The 2nd Seville International Short Film Festival took place from 16 to September 20 2024, in Seville, Spain.
The projections were made at the Avenida 5 Cines while the final award ceremony took place at the Cine Cervantes on September 20 with Pablo Ardana as the guest singer.

## Inclusive & cultural conference

On September 17, 2024, the festival and the COCEMFE (Federación Provincial de Asociaciones de Personas con Discapacidad Física y Orgánica de Sevilla) organized the "Inclusive & Cultural Conference" and it took place at Seville's Oficina de Turismo.
The directors and hosters talked about the inclusivity of disabled people on film and society, and they projected two short films that handled the subject matter (Cabeza y Corazón (Head and Heart) & La Vida Entre Dos Noches (The Life Between Two Nights).

## Juries

* Helena Kaittani, Spanish actress
* Dani Sa-Lo, Spanish cinematographer
* María Pasadas, Spanish director
* Juan Carlos González, Spanish film critic
* Pedro Verdún, Spanish director

## Selections

The short films in competition were divided into several selections:

### Drama selection

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| 8:19 (opening film) | 8:19 (opening film) | María Guerra | Spain |
| Scrapping | Desguace | David Orea | Spain |
| Plein Air | Plein Air | David Orea | Spain |
| Thanks for the Cigarette | Danke für die Zigarette | Carlos García-Espejo Sayago | Germany |
| Week 12 | Semana 12 | Isabel Delclaux | Spain |
| Who | Quien | Carlos Martín | Spain |

### Thriller selection

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| Carroña | Carroña | Elías Pérez | Spain |
| Facies (closing film) | El Semblante | Raúl Cerezo & Carlos Moriana | Spain |
| In Rage | A Rabia | Alberto Díaz López | Spain |
| House of Brotherly Love | House of Brotherly Love | Max Kane | United States |
| The Replacement | El Remplazo | Alberto Ortega | Spain |
| There Are No Ghosts | No Hay Fantamas | Nacho Solana | Spain |

### Comedy selection

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| Anticlímax | Anticlimax | Néstor López & Oscár Romero | Spain |
| In a second | En un segundo | Pablo Fajardo | Spain |
| Mid-class Psycopaths | Psicópatas de Clase Media | Álvaro Herrero & Héctor Amado | Spain |
| The Pure Reality | La Pura Realidad | Joaquín Gómez | Spain |
| This is not Norway | Esto no es Noruega | Alicia Albares & Paco Cavero | Spain |
| White Dragon | Dragón Blanco | Rodrigo E. Marini Valsechi & David Santamaría González | Spain |

### Romance selection

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| Everything is Invented | Dena Asmatuta Dago | Jone Arriola Lobete | Spain |
| I Love every Atom of your Body | Amo Cada Átomo de tu Cuerpo | Alejandro Lobo | Spain |
| Bird Drone | Bird Drone | Radheya Jang Jegatheva | Australia |
| Revelation of John | Zjavenie Jana | Andrej Kolencik | Slovakia |

### Young filmmaker selection

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| The Calendar | 日历 | Leo Donovan | China |
| Onán | Onán | Diego Toussiant Ortiz | Mexico |
| The Other | El Otro | Marc G. Ros | Spain |
| Quique | Quique | Pedro Tamames | United States, Spain |
| Sockets? | Enchufes? | Alica Arwgar | Spain |
| TARA | TARA | Daniel Filloy & Rebeca Tella | Spain |

### Selection of short film made by students

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| The Borders Never Die | مرزها هرگز نمی میرند | Hamidreza Arjomandi | Iran |
| Gennady at the Phone | геннадий у телефона | Ilya Vladimirovich Ponomarev | Russia |
| Hard to Swallow | Mal Trago | Santino Taratuto | Argentina |
| If I Knew | Ean Hzepa | Piro Gjylameti | Greece |
| Lola Scissors | Lola Tijeras | María Berr | Spain |
| Trambled | Zgazene | Aleksandar Teokarević | Serbia |

### Sevillian competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| The Globe | El Globo | Hugo Suárez | Spain |
| The Life Between Two Nights | La Vida Entre Dos Noches | Antonio Cuesta | Spain |
| Our Girl | Nuestra Niña | Rebeca Márquez | Spain |
| Projections | Proyecciones | Raúl Márquez | Spain |
| Thick | Vástago | David Luque | Spain |
| Uranites | Uranites | Marina Arenas | Spain |

### Documentary selection

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| The Building | El Bloque | Fermín Gil | Spain |
| Daida back to the Ocean | Daida back to the Ocean | Pablo Ramírez Bolaños | Spain |
| The Last Spin | El Último Giro | Adrian Castro Viejo | Spain |
| The Perfect Shot: Antarctica | The Perfect Shot: Antarctica | Quinn Halleck | United States |
| Second II | Segunda II | Anita Pico | Spain |
| Senegal: A Dream of Departure & Arrival | Senegal: Un viaje de ida y vuelta | Marcos Gualda | Spain |

## Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).
| Best Sevillian Competition Short Film Uranites – Marina Arenas ‡ The Globe - Hugo Suárez The Life Between Two Nights - Antonio Cuesta Our Girl - Rebeca Márquez Projections - Raúl Márquez Thick - David Luque | Best Drama Short Film Thanks for the Cigarette – Carlos García-Espejo Sayago ‡ 8:19 - María Guerra Plein Air - Raúl Herrera Scrapping - David Orea Week 12 - Isabel Delclaux |
| Best Thriller Short Film Carroña – Elías Pérez ‡ House of Brotherly Love - Max Kane In Rage - Al Díaz There are No Ghosts - Nacho Solana | Best Comedy Short Film Anticlimax – Óscar Romero ‡ White Dragon - David Santamaría In a Second - Pablo Fajardo This is not Norway - Paco Cavero The Pure Reality - Joaquín Gómez |
| Best Romance Short Film I Love Every Atom of Your Body – Alejandro Lobo ‡ Bird Drone - Radheya Jegatheva Everything is Invented - Jone Arriola Lobete Revelation of John - Andrej Kolencik | Best Documentary Short Film Second II – Anita Pico ‡ The Building - Fermín Gil Daida Back to the Ocean - Pablo Ramírez Bolaños The Perfect Shot: Antarctica - Quinn Halleck |
| Best Young Filmmaker Short Film Sockets? – Alicia Arwgar ‡ Onán - Diego Toussiant Ortiz The Other - Marc G. Ros Quique - Pedro Tamames | Best Short Film Made by Students Lola Scissors – María Berr ‡ The Borders Never Die - Hamidreza Arjomandi Gennady at the Phone - Ilya Vladimirovich Ponomarev Hard to Swallow - Santino Taratuto If I Knew - Piro Gjylameti |
| Best Director Marina Arenas – Uranites ‡ Marc G. Ros - The Other Antonio Cuesta - The Life Between Two Nights Isabel Delclaux - Week 12 | Best Actor Manolo Solo – Anticlimax ‡ Jon Ander Urresti - Everything is Invented José Manuel Poga - The Life Between Two Nights Adrià Salazar - The Other |
| Best Actress Miriam Díaz-Aroca – The Pure Reality ‡ Eva Pavlíková - Revelation of John Ingrid García-Jonsson - Scrapping Simone Sojo - Uranites | Best Cinematography Revelation of John – Michaela Klanicová ‡ In Rage - Miguel Ángel Viñas The Perfect Shot: Antarctica - Quinn Halleck Scrapping - Pablo Taín |
| Best Screenplay Uranites – Marina Arenas ‡ Onán - Diego Toussiant Ortiz The Other - Marc G. Ros There Are No Ghosts - Jordi Farga | Public Award Our Girl – Rebeca Márquez |

### Shorts films with multiple wins & nominations

Films with multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 4 | The Other |
| 4 | Uranites |
| 3 | The Life Between Two Nights |
| 3 | Scrappings |
| 3 | Revelation of John |
| 2 | Anticlimax |
| 2 | Everything is Invented |
| 2 | In Rage |
| 2 | The Perfect Shot: Antarctica |
| 2 | The Pure Reality |
| 2 | There Are No Ghosts |
| 2 | Onán |
| 2 | Week 12 |
Films with multiple wins :
| Wins | Film |
| 3 | Uranites |
| 2 | Anticlimax |