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"In our 14th year the cinematic offerings in the third most widely spoken language on earth have provided us with an incredibly strong programme that we are proud to screen nationally," enthuses Natalia Ortiz, the festival director of the Spanish Film Festival. "I hope that audiences enjoy this selection of the best in contemporary cinema from the Spanish speaking world, and immerse themselves in these stories of life, love, music, food, football, horror and more!"   The 14th Spanish Film Festival is gearing up to roll out in May, commencing in Sydney on May 11 and travelling to Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra and for the first time Auckland, New Zealand.

Come May, The Spanish Film Festival will once again delight cinema lovers with an eclectic programme of films scoured from all over Spain and Latin America. Celebrating its thirteenth year, Festival Director Natalia Ortiz (pictured) is the first to recognise how far the event has come since its early years.   "I started thirteen years ago with four films over a weekend, and it kept growing," Ortiz reflects. "In the beginning, I learned by trial and error, because while I knew a lot about Spanish cinema and had good contacts, I had no idea about the level of organisation needed for a festival.