‘We Believe You’ Sweeps Seville European Film Festival as ‘DJ Ahmet,’ ‘All That’s Left of You’ Also Score Major Wins

Belgian courtroom drama “We Believe You” swept the 22nd Seville European Film Festival, taking the Golden Giraldillo for best film plus two further Official Selection prizes as the Andalusian event wrapped its Nov. 7-15 edition.

The debut feature by co-directors Charlotte Devillers and Arnaud Dufeys which bowed in the Berlinale’s new Perspectives strand – also scooped best screenplay and best actress for Myriem Akheddiou, confirming its status as one of the year’s European discoveries.

Set almost entirely inside a Belgian courthouse and anchored by a near hour-long custody hearing played in real time, the film centers on Alice, a mother fighting to protect her children from their father in a system that keeps shifting scrutiny back onto her.

Sold by The Party Film Sales

Produced by Belgium’s Makintosh Films, “We Believe You” is handled worldwide by Paris-based The Party Film Sales, which is aiming to parlay its Berlin…