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Alfonso Rivera


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

Blanca Portillo to play Teresa for Paula Ortiz

Blanca Portillo to play Teresa for Paula Ortiz

The actress will put herself in the capable hands of the director of The Bride in this adaptation of Juan Mayorga’s play La lengua en pedazos, based on the life of Saint Teresa of Avila  

04/06/2020 | Production | Funding | Spain

PlayPack/Sala Cero launched to release independent films online

PlayPack/Sala Cero launched to release independent films online

This Friday, Spanish distributor and producer #ConUnPack is setting up a digital multiplex that will show its own films as well as those from other companies  

04/06/2020 | Distribution | Releases | Exhibitors | Spain

Review: La nova escola

Review: La nova escola

Ventura Durall illustrates the adventurous educational movement that aspires to change teaching for children and youngsters so that they can face the future and avoid repeating past failures  

03/06/2020 | DocsBarcelona 2020

DocsBarcelona hands its top prize to Faith

DocsBarcelona hands its top prize to Faith

The film by Italy’s Valentina Pedicini has triumphed at the Catalonian gathering, which was held online and which managed to beat its own audience record, with 130,000 viewers tuning in via Filmin  

02/06/2020 | DocsBarcelona 2020 | Awards

DocsBarcelona’s market sees its number of participants triple

DocsBarcelona’s market sees its number of participants triple

The project funding and development section of the Barcelona International Documentary Film Festival, which is being held online, has also witnessed a 52% rise in the number of financiers  

29/05/2020 | DocsBarcelona 2020 | DocsBarcelona Industry

Review: Salka, In No Man’s Land

Review: Salka, In No Man’s Land

Xavi Herrero embarks upon an astonishing and engaging journey through the desert aboard a freight train running on sand along the Mauritanian-Saharan border  

29/05/2020 | DocsBarcelona 2020

Lucas Figueroa finishes shooting Renaceres in the midst of the pandemic

Lucas Figueroa finishes shooting Renaceres in the midst of the pandemic

The filmmaker reflects on how the health crisis will affect humankind’s evolution in this high-definition, highly aesthetic movie, which journeys around places rendered lonesome by the lockdown  

28/05/2020 | Production | Funding | Spain

Review: Winter Journey

Review: Winter Journey

Playing with archive images and historical reconstructions, Anders Ostergaad moves us deeply with a film which boasts an incredible performance by the great Bruno Ganz  

27/05/2020 | DocsBarcelona 2020

San Sebastián to host two new Work in Progress programmes

San Sebastián to host two new Work in Progress programmes

The gathering will seek to bolster European productions through WIP Europa and Latin American co-productions through WIP Latam, where the €30,000 EGEDA-Platino Award will be handed out  

26/05/2020 | San Sebastián 2020 | San Sebastián Industry

Spain creates CIMA IMPULSA in support of female film directors

Spain creates CIMA IMPULSA in support of female film directors

In conjunction with the ICAA and Netflix, the Association of Female Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media (CIMA) is launching a programme to promote women’s access to the film industry  

25/05/2020 | Industry | Market | Spain

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