- ‘Emilia Pérez,’ directed by the award-winning Jacques Audiard and screened in the EFA Section of the Seville European Film Festival, was the big winner of the night by taking home four awards, including Best Comedy or Musical Film and Best Film not in the English language.
- The Latvian film in competition in the Official Section, ‘Flow,’ directed by Gints Zilbalodis and winner of three awards in Seville, including the Grand Jury Award and the Puerta América Award - inaugurated at the last edition of the Festival - beat its competitors and won the Golden Globe for Best Animation Film.
The Seville European Film Festival has strengthened its position as a platform for discovering and recognizing films from the European continent. This year, two of the most notable films screened in Seville, ‘Flow’ and ‘Emilia Pérez,’ have achieved international success, including important recognitions at the 2025 Golden Globes.
The Golden Globe Awards ceremony, one of the most anticipated events of the film season, took place on the night of January 5-6. The ceremony, which brought together the most eminent film creators, awarded directors, films, and series that have left an important mark on the industry.
Two European films screened at the 21st Seville European Film Festival have succeeded at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards, underlining the festival's connections with the international film industry.
‘Emilia Pérez’ was the big winner of the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, given annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) and celebrated at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Jacques Audiard's “drug musical” won awards for Best Musical Film, Best Original Song, Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña. The film, which was part of the EFA Section of the Seville European Film Festival and a nominee for the Oscar for Best International Film, has been one of the big bets this year, reflecting the quality and originality of European cinema.
In turn, the Latvian film ‘Flow,’ which became one of the revelations of the film season, received the Golden Globe for Best Animated Film. At the 21st Seville Film Festival, this film received many awards, including the Best Editing Award (Gints Zilbalodis), the Grand Jury Award, and the Puerta América Award, the new prize that honoured films from different sections representing their countries at the Oscars.
The Seville European Film Festival, a prelude to enjoying the best of the film season, proven as such by the triumph of ‘Flow’ and ‘Emilia Pérez’ at the Golden Globes
Although two European films, ‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘Flow,’ won awards at the Golden Globes, the impact of the Seville European Film Festival goes far beyond these achievements.
Six European productions that were shown in the city's cinemas as part of the programme of the 21st edition of the event, held from 8 to 16 November, managed to make a place for themselves among the nominations for these prestigious awards, which underlines the festival's relevance and international projection.
The films that stood out in the nominations are All We Imagine as Light (France, India, Netherlands, written and directed by Payal Kapadia), Vermiglio (Italia, Francia, Bélgica, written and directed by Maura Delpero), Emilia Pérez (France, directed and written by Jacques Audiard), The Girl with the Needle (Denmark, Poland, and Sweden, directed by Magnus von Horn and written by Line Langebek Knudsen), Flow (Latvia, directed by Gints Zilbalodis and co-written with Matīss Kaža) and The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany, directed and written by Mohammad Rasoulof).
These six productions reflect the quality and diversity of European cinema and the growing relevance of the Seville European Film Festival as an essential showcase for filmmakers from all over Europe and worldwide.
