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Alfonso Rivera


2175 articles available in total starting from 16/11/2007. Last article published on 12/09/2025.

Kike Maíllo • Director of A Perfect Enemy

Interview: Kike Maíllo • Director of A Perfect Enemy

“We’ve made a very loose adaptation of the novel”

Kike Maíllo talks to us about A Perfect Enemy, his particular take on The Enemy's Cosmetique by Belgian author Amélie Nothomb, toplined by Tomasz Kot, Marta Nieto and Athena Strates  

14/10/2020 | Sitges 2020

Rafael Cabrera • General coordinator, Madrid Film

Interview: Rafael Cabrera • General coordinator, Madrid Film

“The light in Madrid has a magic to it”

We caught up with Rafael Cabrera, who leads the Community of Madrid’s Filming Promotion Office, to find out more about its work in smoothing the path for filmmakers in the region  

13/10/2020 | /Spain

The second edition of the Film Academy Residencies Programme is under way

The second edition of the Film Academy Residencies Programme is under way

Twenty projects by the likes of Pilar Palomero, Gabriel Azorín and Ion de Sosa will benefit from the wisdom and experience of directors including Isabel Coixet, Juan Cavestany and Manuel Martín Cuenca  

12/10/2020 | Industry | Market | Spain

14 fantastical projects await discovery at the first virtual Sitges Pitchbox

14 fantastical projects await discovery at the first virtual Sitges Pitchbox

The event's line-up features seven European series currently in development and seven full-length films from anywhere in the world falling within the horror, thriller or science-fiction genres  

08/10/2020 | Sitges 2020

Another avalanche of fantasy film crashes down on a virtual and on-site Sitges

Another avalanche of fantasy film crashes down on a virtual and on-site Sitges

From 8-18 October, the Catalonian coastal town is hosting one of the Spanish gatherings that prompt pilgrimages, loyalty, passion and so many screams – which is also unspooling online this year  

07/10/2020 | Sitges 2020

Patricia Pérez and Heidi Hassan  • Directors of In a Whisper

Interview: Patricia Pérez and Heidi Hassan • Directors of In a Whisper

“Our film knows no borders”

We caught up with Patricia Pérez and Heidi Hassan at MajorDocs to talk about their new film, In a Whisper — one of the season’s most moving and sensitive documentaries  

06/10/2020 | /Spain/France/Switzerland/Cuba

Review: The Recipe for Balance

Review: The Recipe for Balance

Óscar Bernàcer dishes up a mouth-watering documentary with just a soupçon of PR — a reflection on creative collaboration, the necessity of reinvention and how to emerge from the pandemic  

05/10/2020 | San Sebastián 2020

Review: Inland

Review: Inland

Juan Palacios paints a portrait of a deserted Spain, where his grandfather lulls himself to sleep by counting the empty houses in his village, while the sheep caper in the meadows  

02/10/2020 | Films | Reviews | Spain

Óscar Bernàcer  • Director of The Recipe for Balance

Interview: Óscar Bernàcer • Director of The Recipe for Balance

"It’s natural that cinema and gastronomy should get along famously"

We chatted to Óscar Bernàcer, whose documentary The Recipe for Balance shows how a famous Spanish chef and his team had to adapt to the new, post-COVID reality  

01/10/2020 | San Sebastián 2020

Review: Simon Calls

Review: Simon Calls

Marta Sousa Ribeiro’s first full-length feature explores the labyrinth of adolescence, switching up formats to portray the chaos, confusion and yearning of this transitional stage of life  

29/09/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

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