Site: Cartuja Center CITE, C/ Leonardo Da Vinci, 7-9, 41092, Seville.
Date: Thursday 13th November.
Time: 16:30 - 19:00 h.
Access: General admission €3.50, student admission €1. Information and group reservations at info@festivalcinesevilla.eu.
Language: Spanish.
The Seville European Film Festival is launching its Conference on Cinema and Geopolitics as a space for analysis and criticism, from a cinematographic perspective, of the major challenges facing the world in general and Europe in particular. Led by experts from various disciplines, especially from universities in Seville, this conference aims to contribute to the major geopolitical debates of today, with screenings of essential cinema classics and films from the program.
16:30: SCREENING of the film 'Renovation' by Gabrielė Urbonaitė (Lithuania, Latvia, Belgium / 2025/ 90 min), which is part of the program for this 22nd edition of the festival, in the Alumbramiento section.
Film synopsis
Vilnius, Lithuania, present day. Ilona, a 29-year-old perfectionist, feels the pressure to settle down and succeed before turning 30. At this decisive moment in her life, she begins to question how she really wants to live. She moves into a seemingly perfect apartment with her boyfriend Matas, with whom the relationship is getting serious. But when the building renovation begins, not only are cracks in the walls revealed, but Ilona's inner doubts also begin to surface. She strikes up an unexpected friendship with Oleg, a Ukrainian construction worker. After spontaneously telling him she is a poet, she begins writing poetry. Their connection deepens her uncertainty: does she really want to settle down and start a family?
18h: DISCUSSION on the political transition of a young Baltic society towards European integration, struggling against its Soviet past, based on the vital transition of a young poet.
Speakers:
Eulalia W. Petit de Gabriel, Professor of Public International Law and International Relations at the University of Seville
Antonio Lázari, Professor of Public International Law and International Relations at Pablo de Olavide University
Marycruz Arcos, Professor of Public International Law and International Relations at the University of Seville and Director of the Master's Degree in European Studies and European Documentation Center
Antonio Moreno Juste, Professor of Contemporary History at the Faculty of Geography and History at the Complutense University of Madrid.
The session will be moderated by Jorge Quindimil, Professor of Public International Law and International Relations at the University of A Coruña.
