Back by popular demand!

by Alice Tynan

The public has spoken and the Spanish Film Festival is sticking around for a few more days in both Sydney and Melbourne. By popular demand we have additional screenings of The Man Next… Read More →

The Man Next Door

by Alice Tynan

The Man Next Door (El hombre de al lado) is a black comedy about two men and a window. Not just any window. A ghastly window looking into the famous Curutchet House, in… Read More →

The Life of Fish

by Sarah Ward

The Chilean entrant for best foreign film at the 83rd Academy Awards, The Life Of Fish (La vida de los peces) is a tender, touching and thoughtful tale of people and possibilities. Garnering… Read More →

18 Meals

by glenndunks

Food, glorious food! Some of the most sumptuous and involving films revolve around that most common of acts: eating. From Babette’s Feast to Eat Drink Man Woman; from Mostly Martha to Like Water… Read More →

Colours of the Mountain

by anewlevelofnerdiness

In Carlos César Arbeláez’s debut feature Colours of the Mountain (Los Colores de la Montaña), delightful performances carry an otherwise plodding film. Set in the remote Colombian mountains, the simplistic life of the… Read More →

Anything You Want

by Sarah Ward

With a spate of accolades to his name for his debut effort El Bola and sophomore feature November, and acclaim following his third movie Blackwhite, Spanish actor turned writer and director Achero Mañas… Read More →

Nostalgia for the Light

by Alice Tynan

Some documentaries show, some teach, and some transport. Patricio Guzman’s, Nostalgia for the Light (Nostalgia De La Luz) without a doubt belongs to the latter. The destination of this journey is the rocky… Read More →

Kidnapped

by glenndunks

Horror is perhaps the one genre of cinema that is capable of crossing all borders. What’s funny in Australia won’t necessarily translate to what’s funny in Russia, nor will a Bollywood title necessarily… Read More →

Lope

by bflw

Set during Spain’s early Golden Age of theatre, Lope looks at the life of Lope de Vega. One of Spain’s most popular playwrights during the late sixteenth/early seventeenth century, Lope was also a… Read More →

The Last Circus

by anewlevelofnerdiness

Opening the festival this year is Alex De la Iglesia’s latest warped offering, The Last Circus (Balada Triste De Trompeta). After winning the Silver Lion Award for Best Directing and Best Screenplay at… Read More →