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Alfonso Rivera


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

Summer 1993 attempts to win over Hollywood, too

Summer 1993 attempts to win over Hollywood, too

The award-festooned, ultrasensitive feature debut by Carla Simón has been chosen by the Spanish Film Academy to fight for a nomination for the upcoming Oscar for Best Foreign-language Film  

07/09/2017 | Oscars 2018 | Spain

Asghar Farhadi begins filming Everybody Knows

Asghar Farhadi begins filming Everybody Knows

The two-time Oscar winner is shooting this European co-production in Spain, with a Spanish-speaking cast headlined by Javier Bardem, Ricardo Darín and Penélope Cruz  

31/08/2017 | Production | France/Spain/Italy

Superlópez becomes flesh and blood

Superlópez becomes flesh and blood

The comic by cartoonist Jan makes the leap from paper to the silver screen thanks to director Javier Ruíz Caldera, a script by Borja Cobeaga and Diego San José, and actor Dani Rovira  

30/08/2017 | Production | Spain

The 65th San Sebastián Film Festival rounds off its Official Section

The 65th San Sebastián Film Festival rounds off its Official Section

Five European productions and an Argentinian film have been added to the previously announced titles that will duke it out for the coveted Golden Shell at the Spanish gathering  

29/08/2017 | San Sebastián 2017

Paco Plaza • Director

Interview: Paco Plaza • Director

"We all fear the same things"

After producing three instalments of the REC zombie saga, Spanish filmmaker Paco Plaza directs Verónica, a pure horror film, with Ana Torrent in a key role  

23/08/2017

Verónica: Land of nightmares

Verónica: Land of nightmares

Spain's Paco Plaza invokes total horror with his new film: the adolescent transformation of a tortured girl with a complicated past and a dysfunctional family  

23/08/2017 | Films | Spain

Björn Runge's The Wife is set to wrap up proceedings at San Sebastián

Björn Runge's The Wife is set to wrap up proceedings at San Sebastián

The Basque city will play host to the European premiere of this British/Swedish co-production starring Glen Close and Jonathan Pryce in this, the festival’s 65th year  

18/08/2017 | San Sebastián 2017

San Sebastián's VI Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum presents 16 projects

San Sebastián's VI Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum presents 16 projects

The event will coincide with Films in Progress 32 and Glocal in Progress, the festival's new industry activity, which selected 3 films in post-production  

10/08/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | Industry

A flurry of new titles prepare to head to San Sebastián

A flurry of new titles prepare to head to San Sebastián

Wim Wenders’ latest, Submergence, will open the 65th edition of the Basque gathering, which has just unveiled various films in its Official, Pearls and Zabaltegi-Tabakalera sections  

04/08/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | Competition/Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

Pablo Berger  • Director

Interview: Pablo Berger • Director

"I believe in films that don’t exclude the viewer"

After the deification of Blancanieves, Pablo Berger pushes it to extremes with his latest film, Abracadabra, a comedy collage which once again stars a chameleon-like Maribel Verdú  

01/08/2017

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