The 2025 HSBC Spanish Film Festival will be bringing the fiesta to Adelaide this June with a curated selection of thirty films from Spain and Latin America.
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 story follows two Spanish couples celebrating their 20-year friendship with a trip to a beachside resort in the Dominican Republic, where a confession about the past leads to a reality shifting ‘Sliding Doors’ moment.
The Centrepiece of the Festival is the highly acclaimed EL 47, which recently won five Goya Awards including the coveted Best Film. Inspired by a true story this biographical drama starring Eduard Fernández follows a bus driver in an act of peaceful dissidence that transformed modern Barcelona during the city’s boom in the 1970s.
A 2025 Special Presentation is Undercover (La infiltrada), co-winner of Best Film at the 2025 Goya Awards (sharing it with EL 47). This gripping crime thriller set in the Basque Country is based on the real-life story of Aranzazu Berradre Marín, the only police officer in Spanish history to infiltrate the terrorist organisation ETA. From celebrated auteur Julio Medem comes Ocho, a romantic drama that spans almost a century of Spanish history. The Goldsmith’s Secret (El secreto del orfebre), is an epic romance adapted from Elia Barceló’s critically acclaimed novel. It stars Mario Casas as a goldsmith who revisits his Spanish hometown, reconnecting with a great love affair from 25 years prior.
Executive produced by Steven Soderbergh is Goya Best New Director nominee The Quiet Maid (Calladita). This compelling class conflict drama with a satirical edge follows a Colombian maid working in a luxurious mansion on the Costa Brava, until she realises how to find her own ways of enjoying the summer. Gripping moral thriller Marco, the Invented Truth (Marco) stars Eduard Fernández as a charismatic man who spent years harbouring an unimaginable lie. The film is based on the unbelievable true story of Enric Marco who served as the speaker of the Spanish association of Holocaust victims for years, while maintaining a complex web of lies.
Icíar Bollaín’s drama I Am Nevenka (Soy Nevenka) explores consent and structures of power and is inspired by the true case of Nevenka Fernández, a young woman in 1990s Spain who courageously reported harassment by her employer; powerful drama The Stepmother’s Bond (Tras el verano), about the fragility of relationships in blended families, is inspired by debut director Yolanda Centeno’s own experiences and Little Loves (Los pequeños amores) delves into the complexities of mother-daughter relationships.
The ever-popular Spanish comedy selection includes the No. 1 box office hit Wolfgang (Wolfgang Extraordinario) direct from its release in Spain which follows the journey of a nine-year-old boy forced to live with his newfound father in Barcelona.
Audience favourite Paco León stars as a man living a hedonistic lifestyle in the Canary Islands who is suddenly thrust into fatherhood, in box office hit Babies Don’t Come With Instructions (Sin instrucciones).
This year’s Cine Latino selection features a strong representation of Argentinian cinema including crime thriller A Silent Death (Una muerte silenciosa). Drawing comparisons to the work of Wes Anderson, quirky thriller El Jockey tells the story of a legendary jockey’s self-destructive behaviour set in vibrant Buenos Aires. Argentinian box office hit Mazel Tov is a family drama about forgiveness, sibling rivalry, letting go, and coming home. Also family-themed is Mexican/US co-production Las Tres Sisters, an adventure comedy about three Mexican-American sisters who embark on an adventure to follow in the footsteps of their grandmother while working to repair their relationships. Paulina García stars as a woman who has a chance to free herself from her past in Uruguayan drama Milonga. From Peru comes the poignant tale of resilience and community Through Rocks and Clouds (Raíz).
Two standout documentaries feature in this year’s line-up. Winner of the Culinary Zinema Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, Mugaritz. No Bread, No Dessert (Mugaritz. Sin pan ni postre) invites the viewer behind the scenes of the avant-garde kitchen of fine-dining, Michelin starred restaurant Mugaritz. Winner of the Best Documentary and Best Original Song at the 2025 Goya Awards is The Flamenco Guitar of Yerai Cortes.
In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the brilliant and highly lauded crime thriller Nine Queens (Nueve reinas), the Festival will close with the 4K remastered classic starring festival favourite Ricardo Darín and Gaston Pauls.
The 2025 HSBC Spanish Film Festival will screen at Palace Nova, Eastend and Prospect from 11th June to 2nd July.
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