Spanish Film Festival

A taste of Spain is coming to Sydney, with the launch this week of the Spanish Film Festival at the Palace Verona and the Chauvel Cinema.

There’s a veritable smorgasbord of films on offer, and plenty of Penelope Cruze, who’s big film this year has been Parallel Mothers, a film by her longtime collaborator, director Pedro Almodóvar.

This year the festival will also offer films from Latin America, as well as Spain. This week’s line up at the Chauvel Cinema (239 Oxford St) is:

WEDNESDAY 20, APRIL

11:00am The Year of Fury

1:30pm Polyamory for Dummies

4:00pm Ama

6:30pm The Realm of God

THURSDAY 21, APRIL

11:50am You Keep the Kids

2:00pm Skin in Flames

4:20pm Beyond the Summit

7:00pm Santo and Blue Demon Vs Dr. Frankenstein

FRIDAY 22, APRIL

10:30am Maixabel

1:15pm Wetland

3:50pm Carajita

6:15pm The Year of Fury

8:40pm The House of Snails

SATURDAY 23, APRIL

10:30am Girlfriends

12:50pm Jamón Jamón

3:15pm Official Competition

6:15pm Camila Comes Out Tonight

8:40pm The House of Snails

SUNDAY 24, APRIL

11:15am Language Lessons

1:30pm Polyamory for Dummies

4:00pm The Daughter

6:45pm The Big Love Picture

MONDAY 25, APRIL

1:30pm Carpoolers

3:45pm Forgotten We'll Be

6:45pm Girlfriends

Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz star in Official Competition

At the Palace Verona (17 Oxford St (the line up is:

WEDNESDAY 20, APRIL

11:15am Polyamory for Dummies

1:50pm Once Upon a Time in Euskadi

4:15pm Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea

6:45pm Language Lessons

THURSDAY 21, APRIL

10:45am The Cover

1:00pm Forgotten We'll Be

4:00pm Camila Comes Out Tonight

6:30pm Carpoolers

FRIDAY 22, APRIL

10:20am Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake

1:00pm The Daughter

3:45pm Wetland

6:30pm Girlfriends

8:45pm Skin in Flames

SATURDAY 23, APRIL

10:30am The Cover

12:45pm 9

3:20pm Maixabel

6:00pm Language Lessons

8:15pm Wetland

SUNDAY 24, APRIL

10:30am Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake

1:10pm Official Competition

3:45pm You Keep the Kids

6:00pm The Daughter

MONDAY 25, APRIL

1:15pm Official Competition

4:00pm Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea

6:40pm Immersion

For more details the full program is here.