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Alfonso Rivera

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

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Review: An Optical Illusion

Review: An Optical Illusion

Juan Cavestany whisks us away to the very confines of reality with a film that constantly switches genres and which pays little heed to convention – or the guidebooks  

21/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

Juan Cavestany • Director of An Optical Illusion

Interview: Juan Cavestany • Director of An Optical Illusion

"Reality has lived up to my films"

It proved impossible to have just your everyday chat with Juan Cavestany, a highly unconventional auteur who is presenting his latest film, An Optical Illusion, at the San Sebastián Film Festival  

21/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

Review: Akelarre

Review: Akelarre

In this luminous period film, Argentinian director Pablo Agüero revives the story of a group of women who fell victim to a witch-hunt fuelled by misogyny and the persecution of freedom  

21/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Competition

David Pérez Sañudo • Director of Ane is Missing

Interview: David Pérez Sañudo • Director of Ane is Missing

“The generation gap is something that fascinates me”

Basque director David Pérez’s début film, Ane is Missing, delves into motherhood, the intergenerational divide and (re-found) unity in the face of adversity  

21/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | New Directors

Pablo Agüero • Director of Akelarre

Interview: Pablo Agüero • Director of Akelarre

"I steered clear of period-film clichés"

Pablo Agüero talks to us about his new film, Akelarre, the chronicle of a witch hunt that took place centuries ago, but the repercussions of which can still be clearly felt today  

18/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Competition

Nacho Álvarez • Director of My Heart Goes Boom!

Interview: Nacho Álvarez • Director of My Heart Goes Boom!

"This film is an homage to the Italian diva"

Uruguay’s Nacho Álvarez makes his directorial debut with My Heart Goes Boom!, a musical produced by Spain and Italy, featuring the popular hits of pop star Raffaella Carrà  

18/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | RTVE Screenings

Review: Rifkin’s Festival

Review: Rifkin’s Festival

Woody Allen heads to San Sebastián, bringing with him his passion for travel, his neuroses and his love of (classic) film - a fantastical escape route which saves him from personal catastrophes  

18/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Out of Competition

Series review: Patria

Series review: Patria

This extraordinary HBO series, based on the Fernando Aramburu novel, makes your blood run cold, is profoundly moving and serves as a reminder that violence is harmful to both victims and terrorists  

18/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Special Screenings

Review: The Art of Return

Review: The Art of Return

VENICE 2020: The main character in Pedro Collantes’ excellent feature debut experiences the confusion and disorientation that come as part and parcel of a step change  

10/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Biennale College Cinema

Pedro Collantes • Director of The Art of Return

Interview: Pedro Collantes • Director of The Art of Return

"I wanted to depict this feeling of asynchrony"

VENICE 2020: The Art of Return is the feature debut by Pedro Collantes, who talks about the challenge of bringing his personal project to fruition on a tiny budget, in the space of a few months  

10/09/2020 | Venice 2020 | Biennale College Cinema

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