The 2025 Spanish Film Festival is bringing the fiesta to Byron Bay this June with a curated selection of thirty films from Spain and Latin America, showing at Palace Cinema, Jonson Street.
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, from writer/director Marcel Barrena (Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea), 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 selection of other films screening includes SAMANA SUNRISE featuring an all-star cast, 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. UNDERCOVER, a 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. THE GOLDSMITH’S SECRET, 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. The comedy selection for this year’s festival includes the No. 1 box office hit WOLFGANG direct from its release in Spain. This heartwarming comedy and emotional tribute to fatherhood follows the journey of a nine-year-old boy forced to live with his newfound father in Barcelona.