Returning June - July 2025

The 2025 HSBC Spanish Film Festival presented by Palace returns with a curated selection of films from Spain, Latin America and beyond. View the first highlights of the 2025 lineup below!

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Festival Dates

Adelaide

11 Jun - 2 Jul

Brisbane

11 Jun - 2 Jul

Canberra

11 Jun - 2 Jul

Perth

12 Jun - 2 Jul

Ballarat

13 Jun - 2 Jul

Melbourne

13 Jun - 2 Jul

Byron Bay

19 Jun - 9 Jul

Sydney

19 Jun - 9 Jul

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First Highlights Announced

Centrepiece

El 47

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Inspired by a true story, this 5-time Goya Award winner is an urban tragicomedy starring Eduard Fernández that follows a bus driver in an act of peaceful dissidence that transformed modern Barcelona during the city's boom in the 1970s.

Australian Premiere

Special Presentation

Ocho (8)

8

From celebrated auteur Julio Medem, this enchanting romantic drama and passionate love story follows a couple’s tumultuous relationship as their lives intertwine over the course of eight decades, set against the backdrop of pivotal moments in Spain’s 20th Century history.

Australian Premiere

Special Presentation

Undercover

La infiltrada

Co-Winner of Best Film at the 2025 Goya Awards, this gripping crime thriller set in the Basque Country is based on the real-life story of Aranzazu Berradre Marín, the pseudonym for the only police officer in Spanish history to infiltrate the terrorist organisation ETA.

Australian Premiere

El Jockey

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A legendary jockey’s self-destructive behaviour is beginning to outshine his talent and threaten his relationship with his girlfriend in this quirky, stylish thriller set in Buenos Aires, starring Nahuel Pérez Biscayart and Úrsula Corberó.

Australian Premiere

May I Speak with the Enemy

Es el enemigo? La película de Gila

This entertaining tragicomedy and witty yet sensitive tribute to comedian Miguel Gila, who pioneered stand-up comedy in Spain, explores his experience of the Spanish Civil War, based on incredible true events.

Australian Premiere

Babies Don't Come with Instructions

Sin instrucciones

In this box office hit comedy, Paco León stars as a carefree man living a hedonistic lifestyle in the Canary Islands, until an old flame turns up with a baby, upending his life and propelling him into fatherhood.

Australian Premiere

The Goldsmith's Secret

El secreto del orfebre

Adapted from Elia Barceló's critically acclaimed novel, this timeless, epic romance stars Mario Casas as a goldsmith who revisits his Spanish hometown, remembering his summer love affair with a seamstress 25 years prior.

Australian Premiere

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