Five years ago Tom Holland told an interviewer he would be the next Spider-Man. He tells Gemma Dunn how he never expected to don the red costume so soon.

Holidaying in Thailand at Christmas, 2004, Maria (Naomi Watts), Henry (Ewan McGregor) and their three boys are having an idyllic vacation. The audience understands, however, that the first few moments of The Impossible (12A) are but a prelude to one of the most catastrophic natural disasters of recent times. When the tsunami strikes, and a wall of water thunders through their resort, the family is ripped apart.

A family’s survival of the 2004 tsunami has inspired Spain’s highest grossing film, says Pádraic Killeen

A superior horror story about a family moving into a former orphanage – with plans to re-open it for disabled children – and the strange encounters the young son has with an invisible friend … who might really be a ghost.

The annual Spanish Film Festival, which opens today, will showcase work from Spain, Mexico, Argentina and Uruguay.