Spanish and Latin American Film Festival 2026
Films receiving their Australian Premiere screenings at the HSBC Spanish & Latin American Film Festival, touring nationally 10 June-12 July 2026 include:
The winner of the five 2026 Goya Awards including Best Film, writer/director Alauda Ruiz de Azúa's quietly spellbinding drama captures the rupture within a family after a young woman defies expectations with her chosen vocation.
The best-reviewed film of the 2025 Berlinale, Gabriel Mascaro’s breathtaking fable follows a remarkable Brazilian woman who – as her working life draws to an end – secretly sets out on a trip down the Amazon to fulfil a long-held dream.
In the tradition of Buena Vista Social Club, Juan Carvajal’s joyful debut is a vibrant portrait of salsa, from its origins in 1960s New York City, USA, to its thriving contemporary scene in Cali, Colombia.
The beautiful new drama from acclaimed writer/director Carla Simón (Summer 1993, Alcarràs) follows an orphaned teenage girl as she meets her paternal family for the first time, discovering her late parents’ complex and secret history.
Bárbara Mori stars in Ricardo de Montreuil’s delicious Peruvian melodrama as a privileged woman in 1965 Lima whose life unravels after her husband leaves her, inspiring her to embark on a transformative culinary journey.
Cesc Gay's effervescent, crowd-pleasing new comedy stars a luminous Nora Navas as a middle-aged woman who dares to disrupt her carefully constructed life in pursuit of one last chance at romance.
Inspired by notorious real-life events, the seductive new noir from Marcelo Martinessi (The Heiresses) unravels the mysterious death of a charismatic radio host in late-1950s Paraguay — an event seized on by the regime to deepen repression.
The warm-hearted new drama from rising Brazilian filmmaker Gabe Klinger (Porto) stars Marina Person as a creatively frustrated 50-something São Paulo sommelier who pursues her dream of opening her own natural wine bar.