Seville European Festival Reflects Europe’s Animation Surge

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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