As time goes on, our society is shaping into more of a multicultural landscape and it is more important than ever to be drawing upon new and exciting ways to experience and celebrate our cultural and social differences. The Spanish Film Festival is a great way to embrace and immerse yourself in this celebration of Spanish-language cinema. It is fantastic to see the festival opening with the sequel to last year’s box office hit, with the appropriately named, Spanish Affair 2! You may also like to surrender to a breathtaking cinematic odyssey through the Amazon on Closing Night with drink in hand.

Pleasingly, Spanish film has enjoyed many successes over the past year. Spanish Director Cesc Gay’s Truman won all the main Goya awards, including best film, director and actor and will feature in the festival programme this year. Not only that, but the festival will be showcasing special events for the films, Isla Bonita and Barça Dreams and will also be holding a session of a selection of Short Films from the Heart, featuring eight films from Spain and one from Mexico.

Whatever you get the chance to see at the festival this year, you’ll walk away delighted, amused and entertained.