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Alfonso Rivera


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

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

Review: A este lado del mundo

Review: A este lado del mundo

David Trueba turns the knife in the wound of immigration by confronting his protagonist with a problem that can usually be sidestepped in the comfortable life of the most advanced countries  

03/09/2020 | Málaga 2020

David Trueba • Director of A este lado del mundo

Interview: David Trueba • Director of A este lado del mundo

"We outsource our most embarrassing side”

With A este lado del mundo David Trueba critically tackles the issue of immigration, and to do so he transfers his inept main character to the border town of Melilla  

01/09/2020 | Málaga 2020

Santiago Segura’s latest film lands in the USA

Santiago Segura’s latest film lands in the USA

Father There Is Only One 2, the biggest national box-office smash of the year in Spain, is having a go at conquering North America, getting a release in 16 cities  

01/09/2020 | Distribution | Releases | Exhibitors | Spain/USA

Fer García-Ruiz moves forward with the shooting of Descarrilados

Fer García-Ruiz moves forward with the shooting of Descarrilados

This cheeky, entertaining, nostalgic feature debut boasts a cast that includes three stars of Spanish comedy – Julián López, Ernesto Sevilla and Arturo Valls – and is being filmed in Bilbao and Madrid  

01/09/2020 | Production | Funding | Spain

Atlàntida Film Fest prepares to go international

Atlàntida Film Fest prepares to go international

At the end of this year, audiences in Portugal, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece and Romania will be able to enjoy the online festival, whose 10th successful edition came to a close in Spain last week  

31/08/2020 | Atlàntida Film Fest 2020

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