The 2025 HSBC Spanish Film Festival will be bringing the fiesta to cities around Australia this June with a curated selection of thirty films from Spain and Latin America, showing at Palace Cinemas, Palace Nova and Luna Palace Cinemas, nationally from 11 June - 9 July.

The party will start with Opening Night comedy SAMANA SUNRISE (Amanece en Samaná), featuring an all-star cast including Luis Zahera, María Luisa Mayol, Luis Tosar and Bárbara Santa-Cruz. The Centrepiece of the Festival is the highly acclaimed EL 47, which recently won five Goya Awards including the coveted Best Film.

The 2025 Special Presentations are gripping crime thriller UNDERCOVER (La infiltrada), co-winner of Best Film at the 2025 Goya Awards (sharing it with EL 47) and romantic drama OCHO (8) from celebrated auteur Julio Medem.

Festival Dates

Canberra 11 June – 2 July:  Palace Electric Cinema 

Adelaide 11 June – 2 July: Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas, Palace Nova Prospect Cinemas

Brisbane 11 June – 2 July:  Palace James Street and Palace Barracks 

Perth 12 June – 2 July: Palace Raine Square Cinemas, Luna Leederville and Luna on SX 

Melbourne 13 June – 2 July: The Astor Theatre, Palace Cinema Como, Palace Brighton Bay, Palace Penny Lane, Palace Westgarth, The Kino, Palace Balwyn and Pentridge Cinema 

Ballarat 13 June – 2 July: Palace Regent Cinema

Sydney 19 June – 9 July: Palace Norton Street, Palace Moore Park, Palace Central and Chauvel Cinema 

Byron Bay & Ballina 19 June – 9 July: Palace Byron Bay, Ballina Fair Cinemas