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Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival (ESFF)
@espanfilmf.bsky.social
An independent festival promoting Hispanic films in Scotland and other cities in the UK.
It was a privilege to welcome @analambarritellaeche, director of the award-winning Everything I Don’t Know, to Edinburgh. Thank you, @oceanmistleith, for hosting us.

🎥- @lucas.laverty
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2025 ESFF | Interview with Ana Lamberri (Everything I Don't Know)
YouTube video by EDINBURGH SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL
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November 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Enjoy some of the best BHS highlights of this year's festival- it’s been a brilliant edition jam packed with interesting guests, thoughtful audiences and delicious food. Thank you to everyone who has supported us, for yet another year, old and new faves it’s always a joy to unite.

📹- @lucas.laverty
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It was a privilege to welcome Borja Cobeaga, director of Breaking Walls ( Los Aitas) to Edinburgh. We had an interesting discussion about all things film and directing, thank you @oceanmist for hosting us.

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🎥- @lucas.laverty
ESFF 2025 | Interview with Borja Cobeaga (Breaking Walls)
YouTube video by EDINBURGH SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL
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November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#ESFF2025 is here! What a great way to start the festival. Browse our programme on our website: www.edinburghspanishfilmfestival.com #SpanishFilmsUK #SpanishCinema
October 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Join us for Klaudia Reynicke's Queens (2024) at the @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social on the 4th of October at 15.30. This is a comingof-age drama set in a politically turbulent Peru. #ESFF25 #LatinAmericanFilms #ReynickeReinas
October 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Join us at the @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social on Friday the 3rd of October at 18:10 for the much-awaited Opening Night of the ESFF. For this night, we'll be screening Breaking Walls (2025) by director Borja Cobeaga who will be joining us! #ESFF25 #SpanishFilms
September 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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For our 20th birthday we're brought back The Skinny on Tour – but just where did the mag wind up?

Submit your guess to be in with a chance to win a bundle of books from @charcopress.com – including a copy of Latin American feminist anthology La Lucha

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September 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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October sees film festivals like @sqiff.bsky.social and @espanfilmf.bsky.social come to Scotland, plus horror movies abound on the lead-up to Halloween – and @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social gets melodramatic with an epic melodrama season

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Scottish Film Events: October 2025 – The Skinny
Film festival season continues apace, horror movies abound on the lead-up to Halloween, and Glasgow Film Theatre gets melodramatic with an epic melodrama season.
www.theskinny.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Apropos Shelley's Frankenstein, Lucia Molatore, ESFF25's poster designer, recorded this class about the immortal novel for @aliosventos ediciones. A great way to prepare for Mexican film director Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein. youtu.be/AAIpzwuEMdU?... #MxFilms

Wink, wink, @realgdt.bsky.social
Frankenstein una clase de Lucía Molatore
YouTube video by Aliosventos Ediciones
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September 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Join us for a special screening of Dismantling an Elephant on Friday, 10th October at 7pm. We're thrilled to announce that director Aitor Echeverría will be joining us for a Q&A. #ESFF25 #SpanishFilmFestival
September 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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“Spanish cinema is on a high,” notes director Marian A. Aréchaga. @espanfilmf.bsky.social opens in a week with 17 films across Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, Tranent & Inverness. Read our preview.

#ESFF2025 #SpanishCinema #FilmFestival
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September 24, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Have you seen our 2025 programme? We're ready to welcome you! Tickets are on sale now. Grab yours via @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social or our Eventbrite page. #ESFF2025 #FilmsInSpanish
September 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Go big on film. Buy your tickets for the #ESFF2025 and get a 15% discount. #HispanicFilms #SpanishCinema
September 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Thannk you, @thelistuk.bsky.social, we are glad to be back!
The Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival (ESFF) has unveiled the programme for its 12th edition,
boasting 17 screenings, a swathe of guests, roundtable discussions and cultural events to provide a holistic view of Spanish language cinema.
Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival announces return for 12th edition | The List
The festival, which will run in Edinburgh and other locations throughout October, will feature a handful of premieres, special screenings and one-off events
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September 12, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Three weeks until ESFF25 kicks off and we're incredibly excited to share that our programme is now LIVE. It's been a joy organising our 13th festival edition. We're looking forward to being back in cinema with our audience. #ESFF25 #SpanishFilmsUK

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Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival
We’re back for the 12th edition of the Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival, and it’s going to be bigger, bolder, and packed with an unmissable programme.
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September 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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The latest issue of Cinetopia: Recommends is out! The best film events, jobs, opportunities, funding, etc in Edinburgh and Glasgow taking place next week!

Your one-stop-shop for all good things movie-related.

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Cinetopia: Recommends, 8-14 September 2025
Film screenings, events, opportunities and film news for the week / month ahead, covering Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond! Helping you stay connected to the film community... 🎉
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September 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The 2025 ESFF is around the corner, and our new trailer is ready!

We hope to see you all at our screenings.

#ESFF2025 #SpanishCinema #HispanicFilms #SpanishFilmsinUK

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2025 ESFF Trailer
YouTube video by EDINBURGH SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL
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August 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We are very happy to introduce our 12th Edition artwork! We hope to see you at any of our 2025 events. We are working hard to release our programme soon. Wait for it! #ESF2025 #SpanishCinema #AbyaYalaFilms #FilmFestivalEdinburgh
August 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
More picks for Friday at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Elisa Levi and Sara Mesa’s fiction blend themes of belonging, coming of age, power dynamics, and rural isolation tomorrow at
16:45 Spain's New Literary Horizons
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Elisa Levi & Sara Mesa: Spain’s New Literary Horizons
From Fri 22 Aug - Discover two bold new voices from Spain, recently published in English for the first time. Writing in the tradition of the Spanish literary greats, Elisa Levi and Sara Mesa’s fiction...
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August 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Pick of the day at the Edinburgh International Book Festival!
22 August: Acclaimed author and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo joins International Booker Prize-shortlisted Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
13:30 'Revisionist Reinventions'
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Gabriela Cabezón Cámara & Xiaolu Guo: Revisionist Reinventions
From Fri 22 Aug - Acclaimed author and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo joins International Booker Prize-shortlisted Gabriela Cabezón Cámara for an entrancing event exploring gender-blending historical narratives...
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August 20, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Another ESFF pick at the Edinburgh International Book Festival!

Fuelled by Rage (20 Aug, 5:30). A vital conversation between author and journalist Lucía Lijtmaer (Cauterio) and Brazilian-Montenegrin writer Monika Radojevic.
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

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Events List | Edinburgh International Book Festival
Explore all events in the programme at this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival
www.edbookfest.co.uk
August 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
ESFF picks for August at the EIBF:

Tuesday 19th August
TWO unmissable opportunities to see Spanish author Javier Cercas speak about the role of the author and creator in public debate.
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Javier Cercas: The Weight of the Past, the Weight of the Future
From Tue 19 Aug - Since the 90s, Javier Cercas has written regularly for Spain's leading newspaper, El Pais, bringing a novelist's depth to current affairs. Bridging past and present, Cercas' weekly c...
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August 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Delighted to be back at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social. What a great day for everyone involved in film and cinema in Scotland. We had a wonderful time! @tavoht89.bsky.social. #FilmFestival #ESFF25 #CinemaScotland
June 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Thrilled by the success of Cannes Mania, organised with @ifecosse.bsky.social ! Huge thanks, as always, to the French Institute. Wonderful to see both familiar faces and new ones, all passionate about Spanish cinema. #ESFF2025 #SpanishFilms
May 19, 2025 at 7:18 AM