The Latin America & Spain Film Festival opens in Whanganui on Thursday starting with Son of the Bride (El Hijo de la Novia) and No Filter (Sin filtro) will screen next Saturday afternoon.
The free festival has now been running in New Zealand for 15 years and while other towns of similar size miss out, Whanganui audiences get to host the festival thanks to a group of Hispanic enthusiasts.
Queralt Scott from Barcelona moved here with her Whanganui-born husband and their children after living in Majorca and she teaches Spanish at Whanganui High School.
Antonio Salas has lived in Whanganui for seven years with his wife and two children and is keen for people to know more about his homeland of Chile.
Andrea Gardner is well-known in the community as an artist and art educator and many of her works have been inspired by residencies in Mexico, Colombia and Bolivia.