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Alfonso Rivera


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

Valencia plays host to a triumphant fifth edition of Cartoon Springboard

Valencia plays host to a triumphant fifth edition of Cartoon Springboard

More than 160 young European animation professionals gathered for this year’s event, aimed at promoting creativity in the sector, with a particularly strong showing from Spain, France and Italy  

03/10/2019 | Industry | Market | Spain

Sitges is all aquiver

Sitges is all aquiver

Today sees the start of the 52nd Sitges Fantastic Film Festival, boasting premieres of Spanish titles such as Advantages of Travelling by Train, Amigo and Ropes  

03/10/2019 | Sitges 2019

3D Wire gets under way in Segovia, now into its eleventh year

3D Wire gets under way in Segovia, now into its eleventh year

The event will present a catalogue of 153 projects: 18 feature films, 30 short films, 27 animated series, 27 video games, 10 transmedia projects and, last but not least, 41 international web series  

02/10/2019 | Industry | Market | Spain

17 film projects have been selected for CIIF Market 2019

17 film projects have been selected for CIIF Market 2019

Ten are European, from Italy, Spain and the Canary Islands, while the rest will disembark in Tenerife from Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru  

01/10/2019 | Spain

Paco Cabezas  • Director of Adiós

Interview: Paco Cabezas • Director of Adiós

“I’ve had a lot of experience of working in Hollywood”

Although unable to make it to San Sebastián in person, Seville-born director Paco Cabezas was happy to chat about his fifth film, Adiós, which is being screened as part of the RTVE Gala  

30/09/2019 | San Sebastián 2019

Daniel Sánchez Arévalo  • Director of Seventeen

Interview: Daniel Sánchez Arévalo • Director of Seventeen

“Animals make us better people”

Daniel Sánchez Arévalo’s road movie Seventeen is the first Spanish Netflix film to take part in the Official Section of the San Sebastián Film Festival and sees the director return to his roots  

27/09/2019 | San Sebastián 2019 | Out of Competition

Review: Adiós

Review: Adiós

Following a successful career in the USA, Paco Cabezas returns to his native Seville with a suspenseful thriller about warring neighbours, family dramas, police corruption and the Andalusian mob  

27/09/2019 | San Sebastián 2019

Review: A Thief's Daughter

Review: A Thief's Daughter

Belén Funes ensnares the audience with her raw approach to the daily life of a young mother, forced to grapple with loneliness, her troublesome father and a lack of affection  

27/09/2019 | San Sebastián 2019 | Competition

Review: Seventeen

Review: Seventeen

Spain’s Daniel Sánchez-Arévalo delivers a simple, likeable and heart-warming road movie, homing in on two brothers who struggle to understand one another  

27/09/2019 | San Sebastián 2019 | Out of Competition

Belén Funes  • Director of A Thief’s Daughter

Interview: Belén Funes • Director of A Thief’s Daughter

"Making a film is about improvising"

Feature film newcomer Belén Funes battled it out for the Golden Shell in San Sebastián with A Thief’s Daughter, a drama focused on a young mother faced with a serious family conflict  

27/09/2019 | San Sebastián 2019 | Competition

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