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Alfonso Rivera


2135 articles available in total starting from 16/11/2007. Last article published on 07/07/2025.

15 projects have been selected for the inaugural Film Academy Residencies Programme

15 projects have been selected for the inaugural Film Academy Residencies Programme

Acclaimed filmmakers and newcomers alike are among the first intake of this international training scheme, due to start in October in Madrid  

16/08/2019 | Industry | Market | Spain

More European (and American) auteurs to lock horns at San Sebastián

More European (and American) auteurs to lock horns at San Sebastián

James Franco, who won the Golden Shell 2 years ago, will be vying for the prize once again, going head to head with filmmakers such as France’s Guillaume Nicloux and German actress-director Ina Weisse  

02/08/2019 | San Sebastián 2019 | Competition

Review: Remember Me

Review: Remember Me

Martín Rosete places the entire emotional (and comedic) burden of his second feature – a dramedy revolving around Alzheimer’s – on the shoulders of great US actor Bruce Dern  

02/08/2019 | Films | Reviews

Spain's ICAA set to distribute €35 million in general production support

Spain's ICAA set to distribute €35 million in general production support

The 2019 call to apply for the Spanish Ministry of Culture’s grants for the production of feature films is now open, with a maximum amount of €1 million per film  

02/08/2019 | Production | Funding | Spain

Martín Rosete  • Director of Remember Me

Interview: Martín Rosete • Director of Remember Me

“This is a profession that’s born of passion”

Los Angeles-based Spaniard Martín Rosete put his faith in Bruce Dern as the star of Remember Me, in which he appeals to primitive emotions and the power of memory  

01/08/2019

Luis López Carrasco engrossed in The Year of the Discovery

Luis López Carrasco engrossed in The Year of the Discovery

The filmmaker who dazzled audiences with his first solo feature, El futuro, is immersed in the post-production of his sophomore film, which once again calls into question Spain’s official history  

24/07/2019 | Production | Spain/Switzerland

Alejandro Amenábar and Belén Funes to duke it out for the Golden Shell

Alejandro Amenábar and Belén Funes to duke it out for the Golden Shell

Standing out among the Spanish titles in the official section presented this morning in Madrid are the acclaimed director’s While at War and the first-timer’s A Thief’s Daughter  

18/07/2019 | San Sebastián 2019 | Competition/Out of Competition/New Directors/Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

Marta Lallana, Ivet Castelo • Directors of Ojos Negros

Interview: Marta Lallana, Ivet Castelo • Directors of Ojos Negros

"We feel connected to films from another time"

We caught up with the very young filmmakers Marta Lallana and Ivet Castelo who were honoured in the Zonazine section of the recent Malaga Film Festival for their sensitive first work Ojos Negros  

18/07/2019

David Victori directing Mario Casas in Cross the Line

David Victori directing Mario Casas in Cross the Line

The shoot for the director’s second feature, a thriller toplined by the star of Palm Trees in the Snow and being produced by Filmax, wrapped in Barcelona in early July  

18/07/2019 | Production | Spain

David Ilundain filming his second movie, One for All

David Ilundain filming his second movie, One for All

After his impressive work helming B, la película, the filmmaker is shooting his new David Verdaguer-starring feature, a drama on education and values that has secured MEDIA backing  

11/07/2019 | Production | Spain

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