The Seville European Film Festival is taking a step toward mainstreaming animation, integrating animated titles throughout its lineup rather than cordoning them off in a single strand. The strategy underscores a broader European shift: Animation is increasingly accepted as a medium, not a genre, and less confined to being only kids or family centric.

Among the features, Sylvain Chomet ’s “A Magnificent Life,” the sole animated feature in Official Selection, offers a biographical portrait of French playwright and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol. Written and directed by Chomet, the film blends hand-drawn visual lushness with narrative reflection as Pagnol revisits his childhood in Provence, his early loves and his entry into cinema. Produced by What the Prod, Mediawan and partners, the feature

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