70th edition. From 24 October to 1 November 2025.
70th edition.
24 Oct./1 Nov. 2025
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Film submission to the 70th edition is now open

The deadline is 11:59 PM on August 4, 2025.

Seminci kicks off the celebration of its 70th anniversary with a retrospective of auteur cinema masterpieces screened at the festival

The festival, which was founded on March 20, 1956, is organizing its 70th edition in 2025.

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7/11/2024
The programme of the 69th edition of SEMINCI attracted almost 100,000 spectators to the cinemas, 11.4% more than in 2023
NewsPress releases
6/11/2024
SEMINCI became a meeting point for European Film Awards short-listed filmmakers
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26/10/2024
The tribute to Concha Velasco and Patricia Ferreira closes the 69th edition of SEMINCI
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26/10/2024
The meeting ‘The morning of the Spanish short’ has brought together a large part of the filmmakers who present their latest, or first, works in the Official Section
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26/10/2024
Alain Guiraudie’s irreverent humour in ‘Misericordia’ wins over the jury at the 69th edition of SEMINCI
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26/10/2024
Seminci investigates the constant search for freedom of German cinema in his cycle ‘Thinking about cinema’
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Seminci's 70th anniversary

In 2025, we celebrate 70 editions of auteur cinema history.
Save the date: from October 24th to November 1st

69 SEMINCI AWARDS

Golden Spike Feature Film
"MISERICORDIA", Alain Guiraudie (France, Spain, Portugal)
Silver Spike (ex aequo)
"STRANGER EYES", Yeo Siew Hua (Singapore, Taiwan, France, United States)
Silver Spike (ex aequo)
"THEY WILL BE DUST", Carlos Marques-Marcet (Spain, Switzerland, Italy)
«Ribera de Duero» Best Director Award
"BLACK DOG", Guan Hu (China)
Best Actress Award
Marfa Laura Weissmahr
"SALVE MARIA"
Mar Coll (Spain)
Best Actor Award
Jan Gunnar Røise, Thorbjørn Harr
"SEX"
Dag Johan Haugerud (Norway)
Special Mention Actor and Actress
Angela Molina y Alfredo Castro
"THEY WILL BE DUST"
Carlos Marques-Marcet (Spain, Switzerland, Italy)
Best Director of Photography Award
Gao Weizhe
"BLACK DOG"
Guan Hu (China)
«Miguel Delibes» Award for Best Script
Alain Guiraudie
"MISERICORDIA"
Alain Guiraudie (France, Spain, Portugal)
«José Salcedo» Award for Best Editing
Telmo Churro, Pedro Filipe Marques
"GRAND TOUR"
Miguel Gomes (Portugal, Italy, France)
Meeting Point Award
"HOLY COW", Louise Courvoisier (France)
«FUNDOS» Award
"FAMILIAR TOUCH", Sarah Friedland (United States)
Alchemies Grand Price
"THE RIM", Alberto Gracia (Spain)
Alchemies Special Mention
"BLUISH", Lilith Kraxner, Milena Czernovsky (Austria)
Time of History Grand Prize
"YOUTH (Hard Times)", Wang Bing (France, Luxembourg, Netherlands)
Time of History Special Award
"HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT", Alexander Horwath (Austria, Germany)
Special Mention
"SAVANNA AND THE MOUNTAIN", Paulo Carneiro (Portugal, Uruguay)
«Pilar Miró» Award to the Best New Director
Elena Manrique, "THE PARTY’S OVER" (Spain, Belgium)
Doc. Spain
"RESISTANCE REELS", Concha Barquero Artés, Alejandro Alvarado Jódar (Spain, Portugal)
Seminci Youth Award
"HIJA DEL VOLCÁN", Jenifer de la Rosa Martín (Spain, Mexico)
Youth Jury Award Official Section
"ARMAND", Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel (Norway, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany)
Golden Spike
"BALDILOCKS", Marthe Peters (Belgium)
Silver Spike
"PUNTER", Jason Adam Maselle (South Africa, United States)
Silver Spike
"LLUNA DE SAL", Mariona Martínez (Spain)
Best European Short Award / VALLADOLID'S EUROPEAN SHORT FILM CANDIDACY FOR EUROPEAN SHORT FILM AWARD – PRIX VIMEO
"O", Rúnar Rúnarsson (Iceland, Sweden)
'The Night of the Spanish short' Award
"THE PRINCE", Àlex Sardà (Spain)
Special Mention 'The Night of the Spanish Short'
"MADE OF SUGAR", Clàudia Cedó (Spain)
Short Film from Castile & Leon Award
"ONLY THE DEAD REMAIN", Alejandro Renedo (Spain)
Rainbow Award
"THREE KILOMETERS TO THE END OF THE WORLD", Emanuel Pârvu (Romania)
Green Award
"CAUGHT BY THE TIDES", Jia Zhang-ke (China)
Fipresci Award
"CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER'S POINT", Tyler Taormina (United States)
Audience Awards International Official Section
"BOB TREVINO LIKES IT", Tracie Laymon (United States)
Audience Awards Meeting Point Official Section
"HOLY COW", Louise Courvoisier (France)

Portraits

69th edition © SEMINCI / PHOTOGENIC | Portraits © Samuel de Román / SEMINCI

INTERVIEWS

Tyler Taormina
Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point
OFFICIAL SECTION
Paulo Carneiro, Alex Piperno
Savanna and the Mountain
TIME OF HISTORY
Yeo Siew Hua
Stranger Eyes
OFFICIAL SECTION
Tracie Laymon
Bob Trevino Likes It
OFFICIAL SECTION
Thomas Arslan
Scorched Earth
MEETING POINT
Paz Vega
Rita
OFFICIAL SECTION
Miguel Gomes
Grand Tour
OFFICIAL SECTION
Maura Delpero
Vermiglio
OFFICIAL SECTION
Marta Nieto
Becoming Ana
OFFICIAL SECTION
H. Ullmann Tondel
Armand
OFFICIAL SECTION
Constance Tsang
Blue Sun Palace
MEETING POINT
Claudio Zulian, Lluís Miñarro
Portabella Constellation
MEMORY AND UTOPIA
Carlos Marques Marcet, Alfredo Castro, Ángela Molina
They Will Be Dust
OFFICIAL SECTION
Bárbara Lennie, Carmen Machi, Breatriz Grimaldos, Carolina África
Verano en diciembre
OFFICIAL SECTION
Ariane Labed
September Says
OFFICIAL SECTION
Alonso Ruizpalacios
La cocina
OFFICIAL SECTION
Alexander Horwath
Henry Fonda for President
TIME OF HISTORY
Alain Guiraudie
Misericordia
OFFICIAL SECTION
Miguel Morillo Vega
Cyborg Generation
ALCHEMIES
Lilith Kraxner, Milena Czernovsky
Bluish
ALCHEMIES
Andrei Ujică
TWST – Things We Said Today
TIME OF HISTORY
Eva Trosbich
Ivo
MEETING POINT
Jenifer de la Rosa
Hija del volcán
TIME OF HISTORY
Kai Landre
Cyborg Generation
ALCHEMIES
Mariona Martínez
Lluna de sal
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION
P. S. Vinothraj
The Adamant Girl
ALCHEMIES
Ulu Braun
Pacific Vein
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION
Santiago Maza
State of Silence
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Paula Palacios
My Brother Ali
TIME OF HISTORY
Pirouz Nemati
Universal Language
MEETING POINT
Carson Lund
Eephus
MEETING POINT
Charlie Arnaiz, Alberto Ortega
Waldo
TIME OF HISTORY
Anna Marti Domingo
Boys
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION
Theodore Ushev
The Wolf
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION
Emmanuel Van der Auwera
White Cloud
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION
Daniel Soares
Bad For a Moment
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION
Luca Tóth
Vegan Mayo
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION
Thiery de Peretti
In His Own Image
MEETING POINT
Anna Cornudella Castro
The Human Hibernation
ALCHEMIES
Pablo Gil Rituerto
The Drunkmen’s Marseillaise
TIME OF HISTORY
Ruth Beckermann
Favoriten
TIME OF HISTORY
Trương Minh Quý
Việt and Nam
MEETING POINT
Concha Barquero, Alejandro Alvarado
Resistance Reels
TIME OF HISTORY
Nathan Silver
RETROSPECTIVE NATHAN SILVER
Marthe Peters
Baldilocks
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION
Samir Karahoda
On the Way
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION
Jason Adam Maselle
Punter
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION
Sarah Friedland
Familiar Touch
MEETING POINT
Ala Eddine Slim
Agora
Alchemies
Begoña Arostegui
The Change Of The Wheel
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION
Adrián Orr
To Our Friends
MEETING POINT
Kim Lêa Sakkal
Immaculata
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION
Ingvar Sigurdsson
O
International Short Films Official Section
Türler Süer
Edge of Night
MEETING POINT
María Herrera
A Midsummer Night´s Tale
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS OFFICIAL SECTION
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