LateRooms.com - La Mirada Film Festival Coming to Melbourne

    MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, March 22, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Some of the best contemporary and classic Spanish language movies will be showcased at La Mirada Film Festival (LMFF) in Melbourne next month.

The organisers have called on a host of famous names to act as guest curators, including Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee, Pan's Labyrinth filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and Desperado star Antonio Banderas.

LMFF 2011 runs from April 14th to 26th, kicking off with the Opening Night Gala at La Mirada Lounge, next door to ACMI Cinemas. Director Gustavo Taretto has been lined up to appear at the event.

Guests will have the chance to enjoy fine Spanish cuisine, wines and Argentinean beer while listening to a set from DJ Mohair Slim.

This is followed by a screening of Taretto movie Medianeras, described by the organisers as a "quirky, intelligent, compelling and visually astonishing film".

Tickets for the launch party cost AU$49, although a discount of AU$7 is available to ACMI members. Proceedings are scheduled to get started at 19:00 local time.

Among the other pictures to be screened at LMFF are Even the Rain, Maria and I, The Lucky Star and Welcome Mr Marshall, which has been specially chosen by Banderas.

Movie buffs looking for hotels in Melbourne can visit LateRooms.com.au and choose from a wide array of cheap accommodation in the city.

Head to http://www.lamirada.org.au for more information on the festival.

Editors Notes:

www.LateRooms.com is part of the B2C sector of TUI Travel PLC's Accommodation and Destination Division. Also within this sector are AsiaRooms.com and Hotels-London.co.uk.

LateRooms.com is the UK's leading online accommodation site offering late availability deals in over 37,000 properties worldwide, ranging from bed and breakfasts to five-star luxury hotels.

LateRooms.com offers customers a saving of up to 70 per cent off the normal room rate for a variety of independent and branded hotels. Customers can book online or by phone 24/7, whether booking 12 months or 12 minutes in advance - whatever time, whatever day. No other accommodation site offers this flexibility.

LateRooms.com arms customers with information to help them choose the right hotel. Users can read from over 540,000 true hotel reviews, written by customers who have booked through LateRooms.com and actually stayed at the hotel.

LateRooms.com is the first online site to use VisitBritain's official national classification system to rate its hotels, bed and breakfasts and guest houses. This ensures customers know the standards of quality they can expect when making a reservation.

To view LateRooms.com press pages, please see http://press.laterooms.com/au.

# # #