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Alfonso Rivera


2136 articles available in total starting from 16/11/2007. Last article published on 08/07/2025.

Théo Court  • Director of White on White

Interview: Théo Court • Director of White on White

“We filmmakers are like vampires”

Spanish-Chilean director Théo Court is now competing in the official section of the 57th Gijón Film Festival with the captivating White on White, shot on the Canary Islands and in Tierra del Fuego  

21/11/2019 | Gijón 2019

And Then We Danced wins out at the 24th LesGaiCineMad

And Then We Danced wins out at the 24th LesGaiCineMad

The film has confirmed itself as the top LGBTIQ+ title of the year, as proven by its triple win at the Madrilenian festival, snagging the Audience Award, the Jury Prize for Best Film, and Best Actor  

20/11/2019 | Festivals | Awards | Spain

The ninth Márgenes kicks off and flaunts its audacious side

The ninth Márgenes kicks off and flaunts its audacious side

The festival of free-spirited Spanish and Latin American film begins on 20 November and continues online, free of charge, until 8 December, with Paulo Rocha as one of the honourees  

20/11/2019 | Márgenes 2019

Review: Verdict

Review: Verdict

This horrifyingly realistic French-Filipino co-production, written and directed by Raymund Ribay Gutiérrez, portrays a brutal case of domestic abuse and the subsequent, Kafkaesque, trial  

19/11/2019 | Zinebi 2019

Marc Vigil  • Director of The Swamp’s Silence

Interview: Marc Vigil • Director of The Swamp’s Silence

“The films we see end up becoming part of us”

Marc Vigil directs his first feature film with The Swamp’s Silence, now showing at the Seville European Film Festival following its premiere in Busan  

15/11/2019 | Seville 2019

Review: The Queen of the Lizards

Review: The Queen of the Lizards

Can romantic comedy, science-fiction, transgression and an absurd sense of humour come together smoothly and harmoniously in a film shot in Super 8? The Burnin’ Percebes duo proves that they can  

15/11/2019 | Seville 2019

Review: On the Names of the Goats

Review: On the Names of the Goats

Using archive material as their starting point, Silvia Navarro Martín and Miguel G Morales question the very identity of the Canary Islands, scrutinising the commonly accepted historical account  

14/11/2019 | Zinebi 2019

Oskar Alegría  • Director of Zumiriki

Interview: Oskar Alegría • Director of Zumiriki

“It was important to me to hold on to what is left of our natural heritage”

With his second film, Zumiriki, unveiled at Venice, Spanish filmmaker Oskar Alegría has been hopping from festival to festival; we caught up with him before his touchdown in Seville  

12/11/2019 | Seville 2019

L’Alternativa takes flight in Barcelona

L’Alternativa takes flight in Barcelona

The 26th edition of the festival kicked off on 11 November and will unspool until the 17th, boasting a whole week full of uncompromising films with no limits to their creativity  

12/11/2019 | Festivals | Awards | Spain

Alberto Rodríguez and Rafael Cobos • Director and writer of The Plague

Interview: Alberto Rodríguez and Rafael Cobos • Director and writer of The Plague

“Filming a show like this is like running a marathon”

Director Alberto Rodríguez and screenwriter Rafael Cobos continue to work side by side on the second series of Movistar Plus+'s The Plague, presented at the Seville European Film Festival  

11/11/2019 | Seville 2019

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