# 1st Seville International Short Film Festival

The 1st Seville International Short Film Festival took place from 2 to September 9, 2023, at the Avenida 5 Cines located in Seville, Spain. It took place the premieres of the short film La Máscara de Janus (Janu's Mask) directed by the festival director Nick Kremm and the documentary feature film Yo soy Pablo (I am Pablo) directed by Fran Expósito as the closing film. The final award ceremony took place on September 9 with Mireya Bravo as the guest singer, performing her single ‘’Solo Respira’’ (Just Breathe).

## Juries

* Jesús Green, Spanish cinematographer
* Fran Expósito, Spanish director and actor
* Juan Carlos, Spanish novelist
* Pablo Casma, Spanish technician

## Selections
### Official Selection

The selection include the next short films in competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| After the Fire | Depois de Fogo | Marco Carvalho | Brazil |
| Always Green | Siempreverdi | Tommaso Dicaeri | Italy |
| The Black Hen | La Poule Noire | Marion Clauzel | France |
| Breathing under a Cloth | Respirando Bajo la Tela | Karin Ortiz | Chile |
| Broken Wings | Broken Wings | Carlos Albero | Spain |
| The Burden Upon Me | El peso sobre mí | Itxaso Díaz | Spain |
| Dajla: Cinema and Oblivion | Dajla: Cine y Olvido | Arturo Dueñas Herrero | Spain |
| Dancing with Rosa | Dancing with Rosa | Robert Muñoz Ruperez | Spain |
| Dativa | Dativa | Daniel Calavera | Spain |
| Eden | Eden | Alfredo Campos | Spain |
| Elevator Pitch | Elevator Pitch | Justin Bram | United States |
| The Farmhouse | La Masia | Víctor Català | Spain |
| Fearless | Sin Miedo | Cristina Rodriguez Cerro & Rocio Fernandez Nicolas | Spain, Austria |
| Habibi | Habibi | Guillermo Cabot | Spain |
| If Tomorrow | Por si mañana | Agustin Claros | Spain |
| In the Shadow | Dans L'Ombre | Fabrice Mathieu | France |
| The Industry | La Industrial | Mario Mariño | Spain |
| Joselito | Joselito | José Carlos Jiménez Revuelta & Marta Jiménez Revuelta | Spain |
| Kambana | Kambana | Samuel Pastor | Spain |
| Kor | Kor | Köksal Içöz | Spain |
| Leading the Way | Abriendo Camino | Ferran Calbet Bigorra | Spain |
| Like Anyone Else | Como cualquier otro | Sergi González Fernández | Spain |
| Like Every Thursday | Como cada jueves | J.M. Asensio | Spain |
| Lost | A Corps Perdu | Kouroughli Sabrina & Vassart Gaetan | Spain |
| Luna | Luna | Daniel Caneiro | Spain |
| Meatballs | Albondigas | Julen Higuera Lozano | Spain |
| Memories of Blood | Memorias de Sangre | Manuel Verá López | Spain |
| Mission Euridice | Missione Euridice | Marco Spinelli | Italy |
| My Condition | Mi Condición | Coke Arijo | Spain |
| My First Choice | Mi Primera Opción | Carlota Callén | Spain |
| Nimeni | Nimeni | Yordana Romero | Spain |
| Pale Monster | Monstruo Palido | Juan Bolea | Spain |
| The Paradise | El Paraíso | Andrés Orozco Quintero | Spain |
| Re-animal | Re-animal | Rubén Gracerá Soto | Spain |
| Repeated Memories | 반복되는 기억 | Soo-min Park | South Korea |
| Ruffled Feathers | Ruffled Feathers | Alistair Checkoui | United Kingdom |
| Safe | Safe | Josema Roig | United States |
| Save Yourself | 자신을 구하다 | Youngsun Yoo | South Korea |
| Sea Light | Lúz de Mar | John Doe | Spain |
| Shades of Beirut | Sombras de Beirut | Maria Aizpuru | Spain |
| Solpor | Solpor | Susana Alba | Spain |
| Spectrum Radio | Radio Espectro | Alejandro Bornes | Spain |
| Tell Everything | Díselo Todo | Óscar Villarroya | Spain |
| There | Allí | Simo Morcillo | Spain |
| There's Still Dust Under the Congo (opening film) | Aún queda polvo bajo el Congo | R. Ruvens | Spain |
| Toxic | Tóxico | Carlos Jiro | Spain |
| Under the Hands | Bajo las Manos | David Conill | Spain |
| Vincent | Vincent | Alexis Néret | Spain |
| The White Monster | The White Monster | Jairo Iglesias | Spain |
| The World is Beautiful | العالم جميل | Himoud Faris | Kuwait |

### Out of Competition

The following titles had special premieres and were not in competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country(ies) |
| I am Pablo (closing film) | Yo soy Pablo | Fran Expósito | Spain |
| Janu's Mask | La Máscara de Janus | Nick Kremm | Spain |

## Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).
| Best Drama The Black Hen – Marion Clauzel ‡ Habibi - Guillermo Cabot Kor - Köksal Içöz Like Anyone Else - Sergi González | Best Thriller Broken Wings – Carlos Albero ‡ The Farmhouse - Victor Català Luna - Daniel M. Caneiro The White Monster - Jairo Iglesias |
| Best Documentary Mission Euridice – Marco Spinelli ‡ Dajla: Cinema and Oblivion - Arturo Dueñas Herrero Kambana - Samuel Pastor Shades of Beirut - María Aizpuru | Best Director Jairo Iglesias –The White Monster ‡ Coke Arijo -My Condition Daniel Calavera -Dativa Manuel Verá López -Memories of Blood |
| Best Actor Javier Collado Jímenez –Like Anyone Else ‡ | Best Actress Karina Kolokolchykova –Broken Wings ‡ |
| Public Award Nimeni – Yordana Romero ‡ | Best Cinematography Dativa – Manuel Buil ‡ |
| Best Original Story Broken Wings – Carlos Albero ‡ Dativa - Daniel Calavera Kor - Köksal Içöz The White Monster - Martiño Vázquez ||

### Shorts films with multiple wins & nominations

Films with multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 3 | The White Monster |
| 2 | Broken Wings |
| 2 | Dativa |
| 2 | Kor |
Films with multiple wins :
| Wins | Film |
| 3 | Broken Wings |