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Alfonso Rivera


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

Los mutantes: The chiaroscuros of the learning process

Los mutantes: The chiaroscuros of the learning process

Gabriel Azorín brings us a black-and-white reflection on whether it is possible to learn the art of film, accompanying Madrilenian pupils as they study something that is elusive at best  

08/11/2016 | Seville 2016

Sleeping Beauty: Dancing with the fairies

Sleeping Beauty: Dancing with the fairies

Ado Arrietta, without relinquishing one ounce of his customary audacity, lyricism and emotion, plunges us into a modern-day fairytale world that will delight the inner child deep down in every viewer  

08/11/2016 | Seville 2016

Ado Arrietta  • Director

Interview: Ado Arrietta • Director

"Real life doesn't appeal to me at all"

World-premiering in the 13th Seville European Film Festival, Spanish director Ado Arrietta’s latest escapade Sleeping Beauty is a poetic, dreamlike and up-to-date reimagining of the fairytale  

07/11/2016

Albert Serra  • Director

Interview: Albert Serra • Director

“I’d have liked to have done something a bit crazier”

Screening out of competition at Seville, Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra presents his latest film, Last Days of Louis XIV, a chamber piece about the final days of the despotic French king  

07/11/2016

José Luis Cienfuegos  • Director, Seville European Film Festival

Interview: José Luis Cienfuegos • Director, Seville European Film Festival

“We’re interested in reaping the harvest of this different kind of cinema”

We chatted to José Luis Cienfuegos, head of the Seville European Film Festival, in the run-up to its 13th edition, the fourth under his auspices  

02/11/2016

Seville pulls out all the stops for its 13th European Film Festival

Seville pulls out all the stops for its 13th European Film Festival

Tributes to actress Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and costume designer Paco Delgado, plus a slew of world premieres, are just some of the attractions at this year’s edition, which kicks off on Friday  

02/11/2016 | Seville 2016

Paolo Virzì snags the Golden Spike at Valladolid

Paolo Virzì snags the Golden Spike at Valladolid

Like Crazy has come out on top at the 61st Valladolid Film Festival, also picking up the Audience Award and Best Actress Award for its two leads  

31/10/2016 | Seminci 2016 | Awards

Seville serves as the backdrop for Manuel Martín Cuenca’s The Mobile

Seville serves as the backdrop for Manuel Martín Cuenca’s The Mobile

The man behind Cannibal is currently filming his fifth movie in the Andalucian capital, toplined by Javier Gutiérrez, María León and Antonio de la Torre  

28/10/2016 | Production | Spain

Alberto Morais  • Director

Interview: Alberto Morais • Director

“I don’t believe in the concept of family”

Spanish director Alberto Morais is hoping for a Seminci win with his third fiction film, The Mother: an acerbic and uncompromising social critique  

27/10/2016

The Furies: A clan cursed

The Furies: A clan cursed

Acclaimed playwright Miguel del Arco’s cinematic début, the opening film at the 61st Seminci festival, exudes the mythological air of a classical tragedy  

26/10/2016 | Seminci 2016

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