Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival

In 2013, ESFF director and curator, Marian A. Aréchaga, a Spanish Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and self-proclaimed ‘film buff’, identified a gap in Edinburgh’s film calendar and a niche for a Hispanic cultural event and the seed of the ESFF was sown. With French and Italian film festivals already established in the city, a Spanish film festival was conspicuous by its absence, especially given the prominent Hispanic community in Scotland. ESFF wanted to fill that void with a festival covering a wide range of films for everyone, from the ‘first-timers’ and ‘foodies’ to the ‘fanatics’ — a festival that supports and promotes the cultural richness and diversity of Spanish cinema and also highlights unmissable films from Latin America! 

ESFF celebrates its 11th edition in 2024. We are delighted to bring two must-see films from the ESFF programme to GFT.