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Opening Night

Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz unite with Oscar Martinez in this bitingly funny behind-the-scenes satire of filmmaking, in which a wealthy businessman hires a neurotic director to produce a brilliant art film.

Australian Premiere
Special Presentation

Natalie Morales and Mark Duplass star in this charming and award-winning comedy about a Spanish teacher and her student, whose online connection takes on far more importance than either could have anticipated.

Special Events

In this dramatic comedy set in the Mexican Caribbean, four dentists attending a conference decide to break away from the tedium to an island paradise, where they spend a crazy weekend together.

Australian Premiere
Special Events

In this beautifully restored Mexican cult classic, masked wrestlers Santo and Blue Demon team up to stop the mad Dr Frankenstein from conducting fiendish brain transplant experiments.

Goya Award Winning Films

Featuring stand-out performances from Blanca Portillo and Luis Tosar, this taut political drama follows Maixabel Lasa, the widow of a Basque politician assassinated by ETA, who agrees to meet her husband's murderers in prison.

Australian Premiere
Special Event

Based on real events, this gripping drama tells the story of two Spanish lifeguards who traveled to Greece and rescued migrants during the 2015 humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean Sea.

Australian Premiere

From award-winning director Fernando Trueba, this adaptation of Héctor Abad Faciolince’s memoir about his father, Colombian professor and campaigner Héctor Abad Gómez, is a tender family drama.

Australian Premiere

A beautiful drama from critically acclaimed director Pedro Almodóvar, Parallel Mothers tells the story of two women who give birth in a shared maternity ward, featuring Penélope Cruz in her Venice Best Actress award-winning performance.

Spain’s most exciting young film and TV stars feature in this suburban dramatic comedy about four girls who were inseparable childhood friends who meet again in their hometown at a crucial moment in their lives.

Australian Premiere

A pregnant teenager comes to a tense agreement with the couple sheltering her in this cleverly constructed dramatic thriller by one of Spain's most intriguing auteurs, Manuel Martín Cuenca.

Australian Premiere

Star Spotlight

Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem’s first film together, in Jamón Jamón a would-be bullfighter who models underwear is hired to seduce away the lover of a wealthy woman’s son.

In the early 1980s, a Colombian journalist (Penélope Cruz) begins a tumultuous love affair with notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar (Javier Bardem) in this lavish drama based on Virginia Vallejo´s bestselling memoir.

A beautiful drama from critically acclaimed director Pedro Almodóvar, Parallel Mothers tells the story of two women who give birth in a shared maternity ward, featuring Penélope Cruz in her Venice Best Actress award-winning performance.

Documentaries + Q&As

Concerned about climate change, cosmologist and oceanographer Anna takes part in Homeward Bound 2019, a pioneering training and empowerment program for women that aims to create a global network of women scientists working for planetary sustainability.

Australian Premiere

A powerful reflection on the strength and resilience of immigrants, this documentary tells the story of a group of Spanish-speaking migrants who arrived in Victoria between the 1960s and 1980s and showcases their contribution to modern Australia.

Australian Premiere

Family Films

A Spanish-language version of the beautifully animated family film, Disney’s Encanto tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a magical house.

When a responsible father takes his son and other children to a camp in Asturias via train and the train leaves without him, a hilarious chase ensues in this entertaining family comedy directed by and starring Santiago Segura.

Australian Premiere

New Spanish Cinema

Pepa and her daughter are evicted from their home and forced to fend for themselves on the streets in this powerful mother-daughter drama that shines a light on the mythicised ideals of motherhood.

Australian Premiere

Set in the awe-inspiring Himalayas, a climber trying to fulfill his dream of scaling the Annapurna has an accident and another climber attempts to assist him in this exciting survival thriller starring Javier Rey and Patricia López Arnaiz.

Australian Premiere

In this road movie filled with comical situations and tension, three passengers in a shared trip from Madrid to Murcia begin to suspect the possible motivations of their peculiar driver.

Australian Premiere

Spain’s most exciting young film and TV stars feature in this suburban dramatic comedy about four girls who were inseparable childhood friends who meet again in their hometown at a crucial moment in their lives.

Australian Premiere

In a small town on the island of Mallorca, two estranged sisters reunite to sell a bakery they have inherited from a mysterious woman in this beautiful feature from Benito Zambrano adapted from Cristina Campos’ novel.

Australian Premiere

Featuring stand-out performances from Blanca Portillo and Luis Tosar, this taut political drama follows Maixabel Lasa, the widow of a Basque politician assassinated by ETA, who agrees to meet her husband's murderers in prison.

Australian Premiere
Special Event

Based on real events, this gripping drama tells the story of two Spanish lifeguards who traveled to Greece and rescued migrants during the 2015 humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean Sea.

Australian Premiere

A coming-of-age drama set in the 1980s in the Basque Country, where a group of 12-year-old friends must learn to deal with loss and adversity thanks to the power of friendship.

Australian Premiere

Fun and laughter are guaranteed in this spicy comedy about sexuality, where a married couple and their son discover polyamory and realise they have a lot to learn.

Australian Premiere

A political thriller looking at armed conflict and developed nations’ involvement in countries at war, based on the award-winning play of the same name.

Australian Premiere

Afraid of failure as an artist, a waiter meets a pop star impersonator who introduces him to love and the struggle of anonymous artists in this feel-good drama set in Benidorm.

Australian Premiere

A pregnant teenager comes to a tense agreement with the couple sheltering her in this cleverly constructed dramatic thriller by one of Spain's most intriguing auteurs, Manuel Martín Cuenca.

Australian Premiere

When a writer arrives in a small, secluded town in the mountains and learns of the local legends, he begins to question the lines between reality and fiction in this psychological thriller.

Australian Premiere

A married couple find themselves trapped in a web of conspiracy and injustice in this environmental thriller starring Raúl Arévalo and Paz Vega, set in a hostile small rural community.

Australian Premiere

Paco León and Miren Ibarguren star in this acidic comedy from Dani de la Orden about a divorcing couple who are trying to convince their children to choose the other parent.

Australian Premiere

Cine Latino presented by Inspiring Vacations

In this drama about fame, money, passion and love, a successful football player suffering media harassment and the pressure of his surroundings seeks escape from his isolated life.

Australian Premiere

In this intimate and lively portrait of Argentine youth, Camila’s fierce but immature temper is put to the test when she is forced to move to Buenos Aires, leaving her friends and easy-going public school behind.

Australian Premiere

A potent, compelling drama set in the Dominican Republic about a teenager and her nanny who have a relationship that seems to transcend their class conditions, but an accident will test their loyalty.

Australian Premiere

From award-winning director Fernando Trueba, this adaptation of Héctor Abad Faciolince’s memoir about his father, Colombian professor and campaigner Héctor Abad Gómez, is a tender family drama.

Australian Premiere

A suspense-filled thriller starring Chilean star Alfredo Castro, in which a father and his daughters’ day of sailing unravels wildly as they stop to help some local fishermen in their sinking boat.

Australian Premiere
Special Event

A romantic comedy about first impressions and second chances, Nicolás Furtado and Natalie Pérez star as a couple who come to realise that they have fallen out of love and attempt to spark something anew.

Australian Premiere

Direct from its Berlin International Film Festival world premiere, this captivating coming-of-age drama follows a young boy questioning his faith as he prepares for his First Communion.

Australian Premiere

On the brink of a dictatorship, two writers of a well-known TV comedy show struggle to maintain their integrity under the pressure they receive to tone down their political satires against the military in 1970s Uruguay.

Australian Premiere