Spanish Film Festival

The gala opening night selection of the 2009 Festival, Nacho G. Velilla’s
CHEF’S SPECIAL is a delicious farce about a headstrong chef – a huge critical and box office hit on its local release that is set to delight audiences here.

Maxi (Javier Cámara) is an openly gay head chef and proud owner of Xantarella, an haute-cuisine restaurant in the trendy Madrid neighbourhood of Chueca. Intent on earning his restaurant a much-revered Michelin star, he runs his successful kitchen of foul-mouthed and unlucky-in-love staff with panic-stricken fervor. That is until Maxi’s regimented world is turned upside down one day, when he has to take in his estranged kids (the result of a sham marriage). Less than pleased with these new additions to his life, Maxi’s situation only gets worse when a handsome footballer named Horacio (Benjamin Vicuna), moves in across the hall…

CHEF’S SPECIAL is high entertainment, overflowing with the winning ingredients of wit, vivacity and laugh-out-loud comic timing. The always-compelling Cámara (a 2009 Festival guest) leads a terrific cast that also includes Fernando Tejero and Lola Dueñas.

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Sydney: 6 - 17th May

Dear Amigos!
Welcome to the 2009 Spanish Film Festival website. From May 6th-17th the Festival celebrates its 12th year by presenting the largest programme of Spanish cinema ever screened in Sydney.

OPENING NIGHT FIESTA
The Festival is delighted to open its 12th edition with the Australian premiere of the terrific new comedy, CHEF'S SPECIAL starring JAVIER CAMARA

Tickets include TAPAS, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT by OJ PROJECT, DRINKS and FILM, plus all attendees will also receive a CD with the best songs from WATUSSI

"OJ Project" - features Oscar Jimenez and other members of Watussi playing a mix of Latin/salsa/funk originals and party favourites.

OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS
Don't miss! Q&A screenings with Festival guest Javier Camara, Tribute to Luis Bunuel (featuring the largest retrospective of his work ever presented Australia!), Cuban Night, Spanish family screening and of course the Closing Night Gala.
For details on these events, and full programme and schedule information, click on the links of this page.

MUCHAS GRACIAS!!!

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