Pixar: Building Characters

From the first scribbled notes and sketches to the final adjustments to light and shadow, animation character design takes a lot of meticulous work. It is the main structure the narrative is built on, and carries most of the work’s emotional charge. ...

Festivity of the Inmaculada Concepción

The Day of the Inmaculada Concepción is celebrated in Seville with the Seises dance. It is a liturgical dance that is several centuries old in which the Seises (choirboys) dance in front of the main altarpiece in the cathedral. They only do it three times a year. ...

Easter Week in Sevilla

Seville has been holding its Easter week celebrations since the 16th century, and they have become universally famous. Some 50,000 people put on traditional robes to parade in the 58 organised processions, while the "costaleros" carry the pasos (religious statues) on their shoulders. There are processions in the evening and at night every day. ...

Exhibition: Objects of desire. Surrealism and design. 1924 – 2020

April Fair

The April Fair is one of the most international and popular of Seville’s fiestas. It was created in 1847 as a cattle fair, and over time the festive atmosphere that had grown up around the occasion took over the business aspect, and it became a permanent fixture in Seville’s social calendar. ...

Flamenco Biennial

The event combines a flamenco competition with a range of performances, both song and dance, of this typical Spanish art. The selection of artists and organisation of the event is undertaken by a consortium comprising an artistic committee, made up of five key figures from the flamenco world, and an advisory committee, made up of ten experts ...

Programme of Concerts: Nights in the Gardens of Seville’s Real Alcázar (old citadel)

This event has come to be one of the summer’s most attractive cultural programmes in Seville, with recitals and orchestras from Spain and abroad.

International Theatre and Scenic Arts Festival

The aim of the festival is to turn Seville into a real celebration of the arts for a few days. Many shows are organised, combining different arts such as music, drama, dance and humour.

Seville European Film Festival

The event is dedicated specifically to contemporary European film. It aims to concentrate on the promotion of European cinematographic culture, through dialogue between the new creators and recognised figures, and to make way for the incorporation of new media for cinematographic expression. ...

Athletics: Seville City Marathon

The course is 42.195 kilometres long and runs through this city in Andalusia. The start and finish line is in the Olympic Stadium, located on La Cartuja Island. Among the different categories of participation, there are two for persons with disabilities.