Palace Opera & Ballet
Presented by Palace, the 2019 Moro Spanish Film Festival features 32 films from Spain and Latin America, including special presentations and events, innovative documentaries, and a spotlight on female directors.
Screening nationally in Australia from 16 April, the 22nd edition of the festival features two key programme strands: New Spanish Cinema and Cine Latino.
Opening with Javier Fesser’s critically acclaimed Goya Award-winning box office smash hit CHAMPIONS, (Campeones), the festival will close with a digital restoration of the firecracker comedy WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios), directed by leading Spanish auteur, Pedro Almodóvar, to celebrate the film’s 30th Anniversary. THE REALM (El reino) will screen as Special Presentation in which acting heavyweight Antonio De la Torre is reunited with director Rodrigo Sorogoyen (May God Save Us, SFF17), for an award-winning political thriller.
The 2019 Moro Spanish Film Festival is a celebration of Spanish and Latino language, culture and cinema. Join us for music, tapas, and more at the various special events taking place at Eastend & Prospect.
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk | Aušrinė Stundytė & Pavel Černoch star in Krzysztof Warlikowski’s new staging of Shostakovich’s scorching, scandalous opera.
Paris Ballet: Cinderella | Rudolf Nureyev transposes Perrault’s celebrated tale, set to music by Prokofiev, to 1930s Hollywood in this colourful production.
Don Giovanni | Celebrated director Ivo van Hove’s new staging of Mozart’s masterpiece features Étienne Dupuis in the title role, alongside Nicole Car.