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Alfonso Rivera


2133 articles available in total starting from 16/11/2007. Last article published on 03/07/2025.

The Golden Shell goes to James Franco

The Golden Shell goes to James Franco

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: The Basque festival’s top prize has been bestowed upon the US actor and filmmaker for his comedy The Disaster Artist, amidst a smattering of surprise and applause  

02/10/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | Awards

The Sower: The much-desired man

The Sower: The much-desired man

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: French filmmaker Marine Francen’s feature-length debut, screening in the New Directors section, spirits the viewer to a hamlet inhabited entirely by women  

29/09/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | New Directors

A Sort of Family: Not without my son

A Sort of Family: Not without my son

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: Bárbara Lennie gives a magnificent performance as a woman desperate to become a mother in this drama by Diego Lerman, co-produced by Argentina, Brazil and myriad European countries  

29/09/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | Competition

Antonio Méndez Esparza  • Director

Interview: Antonio Méndez Esparza • Director

“I like to fully embrace my outsider status”

Following his award-winning debut Aquí y allá, Antonio Méndez Esparza is back with Life and Nothing More, filmed in the US  

29/09/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | Competition

Review: Life and Nothing More

Review: Life and Nothing More

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: From Antonio Méndez Esparza comes this docudrama set in a North American city, where the mother of a difficult teen battles to get by  

28/09/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | Competition

Dying: Until your last breath

Dying: Until your last breath

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: After the harrowing Wounded, Fernando Franco has again chosen to tackle difficult subjects in his second feature, also starring Marian Álvarez  

27/09/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | Special Presentations

The Motive: Whatever it takes to follow your dream

The Motive: Whatever it takes to follow your dream

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: Manuel Martín Cuenca directs this sharp satire about the stratagems employed by many a creative type, be they writers, artists or filmmakers  

27/09/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | Competition

Sergio G Sánchez  • Director

Interview: Sergio G Sánchez • Director

“I have a lot of respect for the viewer”

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: Sergio G Sánchez, the regular screenwriter for Juan Antonio Bayona, has made his feature-length directorial debut with Marrowbone after having shot various short films  

27/09/2017

Fernando Franco  •  Director

Interview: Fernando Franco • Director

“You have to be plucky to shoot a film”

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: Fernando Franco is back at the Basque gathering following the success he enjoyed there with Wounded, although this time around he is out of competition with Dying  

27/09/2017

Félix Viscarret  • Director

Interview: Félix Viscarret • Director

“The documentary was a tug of war between two pig-headed people”

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: From a place of deep admiration, Félix Viscarret sketches a portrait of his filmmaking mentor in Saura(s), through interviews with his children and third wife  

27/09/2017

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