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Alfonso Rivera


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

Jonás Trueba  • Director

Interview: Jonás Trueba • Director

“I’ve moved closer to the very essence of film”

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2016: Spanish director Jonás Trueba spills the beans about his fourth film, The Reconquest, in competition for the coveted Golden Shell  

23/09/2016

The Reconquest: Those happy golden years

The Reconquest: Those happy golden years

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2016: Jonás Trueba’s fourth film is a story populated by his favourite wishful thinkers and romantics, set to music that speaks of days long gone  

23/09/2016 | San Sebastián 2016 | Competition

Playground: A sorry state of affairs

Playground: A sorry state of affairs

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2016: The most controversial film of the festival was directed by Poland’s Bartosz M Kowalski and tackles childhood violence in such a raw way that it hurts  

22/09/2016 | San Sebastián 2016 | Competition

Juan Antonio Bayona  • Director

Interview: Juan Antonio Bayona • Director

“A director needs to seek out and reveal the truth”

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2016: J.A. Bayona, director of The Impossible, has premiered his third film, A Monster Calls, which once again boasts a huge budget and Hollywood stars among its cast  

22/09/2016

A Monster Calls: Help!

A Monster Calls: Help!

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2016: Juan Antonio Bayona’s third film is a fable populated by fantastic creatures, childish nightmares and deep-seated fears — and a relentless assault on the tear ducts  

22/09/2016 | San Sebastián 2016 | Out of competition

Nacho Vigalondo  • Director

Interview: Nacho Vigalondo • Director

“I like the fact that my film is always just about to erupt”

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2016: Daring filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo talks about the European screening of his Canadian co-production Colossal, an Anne Hathaway-starrer that is hard to classify  

21/09/2016

Colossal: Those big little things

Colossal: Those big little things

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2016: Nacho Vigalondo presents his most polished and accessible work to date, with a hugely entertaining multi-layered tale offering plenty of laughs, starring Anne Hathaway  

21/09/2016 | San Sebastián 2016 | Official section, out of competition

María (and Everybody Else): How I love you

María (and Everybody Else): How I love you

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2016: Nely Reguera’s engaging debut drama, shot through with a fine strand of humour, is a portrait of a woman with a tendency to procrastinate, overwhelmed by her social obligations  

20/09/2016 | San Sebastián 2016 | New Directors

Nely Reguera  • Director

Interview: Nely Reguera • Director

“I like to poke fun at myself”

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2016: Catalan filmmaker Nely Reguera makes her full-length directorial debut with María (and Everybody Else); a comedy-drama starring a magnificent Bárbara Lennie  

20/09/2016

Ghost Ship: A supposedly fun thing

Ghost Ship: A supposedly fun thing

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2016: The only Spanish feature competing in the alternative parallel section of the Basque event is a game of mirrors with vessels that harbour ghostly but bewitching beings  

19/09/2016 | San Sebastián 2016 | Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

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