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Alfonso Rivera


2140 articles available in total starting from 16/11/2007. Last article published on 11/07/2025.

Rodrigo Sorogoyen  • Director of Riot Police

Interview: Rodrigo Sorogoyen • Director of Riot Police

“This show is the most ambitious thing we’ve ever done”

Rodrigo Sorogoyen distils all the strengths of his previous work into Riot Police, a brutal and compelling six-episode series screening out of competition in San Sebastián  

25/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Out of Competition

Cesc Gay • Director of The People Upstairs

Interview: Cesc Gay • Director of The People Upstairs

“Laughter is always the best medicine”

We talk to Catalan director Cesc Gay, who recently unveiled his latest feature, The People Upstairs: a film adaptation of his smash-hit play  

25/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | RTVE Screenings

Antonio Méndez Esparza • Director of Courtroom 3H

Interview: Antonio Méndez Esparza • Director of Courtroom 3H

“When I find myself in a situation I didn’t expect, I try to embrace it.”

Madrid-born director Antonio Méndez Esparza, now settled in the USA, returns with a new bid for the Golden Shell — Courtroom 3H, a documentary set in a Floridian family court  

25/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Competition

Review: The People Upstairs

Review: The People Upstairs

Cesc Gay adapts his hit play, where a couple is condemned to an evening’s entertaining with their neighbours from across the hall — soon, small talk becomes the least of their problems  

25/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | RTVE Screenings

Series review: Riot Police

Series review: Riot Police

Rodrigo Sorogoyen and his usual gang of collaborators have crafted a vibrant six-episode series that unnerves, surprises and entertains in equal measure, incorporating the best of his previous films  

25/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Out of Competition

Review: Courtroom 3H

Review: Courtroom 3H

In his first documentary, Antonio Méndez Esparza keeps exposing the realities of life in the United States, this time from a Florida family court — where emotions are always running high  

24/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Competition

Review: My Heart Goes Boom!

Review: My Heart Goes Boom!

Colourful, vivacious and altogether joyous guilty pleasure from Nacho Álvarez, based on the songs of Raffaella Carrà — who taught us such important lessons as ‘making love is better in the south’  

24/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | RTVE Screenings

Review: Last Days of Spring

Review: Last Days of Spring

Isabel Lamberti’s first full-length film is a dexterous reconstruction of a true story brought to life by the original protagonists: a family living in Madrid’s shanty town, La Cañada Real  

23/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | New Directors

Isabel Lamberti  • Director of Last Days of Spring

Interview: Isabel Lamberti • Director of Last Days of Spring

“That’s my way of finding my roots — through film”

We caught up with Isabel Lamberti to talk about her first full-length feature, Last Days of Spring, which centres on a group of people living in a shanty town in Madrid  

23/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | New Directors

Review: Ane is Missing

Review: Ane is Missing

David Pérez Sañudo displays great cinematic skill, sensitivity and depth in his first full-length feature  

22/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | New Directors

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