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Alfonso Rivera


2134 articles available in total starting from 16/11/2007. Last article published on 04/07/2025.

A return to form for Spain at the world’s greatest festival

A return to form for Spain at the world’s greatest festival

Selected in the official competition section, Pedro Almodóvar’s Julieta spearheads this year’s varied Spanish representation on the Croisette  

19/04/2016 | Cannes 2016 | Spain

Icíar Bollaín  • Director

Interview: Icíar Bollaín • Director

"Paul Laverty leads me into unexpected territory"

After making two films shot far from European soil, Even the Rain and Katmandú, un espejo en el cielo, the Madrid-born director travels around Europe with The Olive Tree 

15/04/2016

The Olive Tree: In search of the lost tree

The Olive Tree: In search of the lost tree

The seventh film by Icíar Bollaín has fairy tale and road movie undertones whilst broaching the subjects of roots, struggle, ecology, family ties and the preservation of heritage  

15/04/2016 | Films | Spain

#ConUnPack launched to support independent film

#ConUnPack launched to support independent film

The new film distributor, created by Hugo Serra and JJ Montero, will help filmmakers right from the origins of their projects up to the exhibition of their movies  

15/04/2016 | Distribution | Spain

Avalon PC gets behind Esteban Crespo’s feature debut

Avalon PC gets behind Esteban Crespo’s feature debut

The Spanish producer and distributor is funding Amar, the first feature by this filmmaker who got an Oscar nod for his short That Wasn’t Me  

13/04/2016 | Production | Spain

Barcelona’s D’A Festival launches a counterattack

Barcelona’s D’A Festival launches a counterattack

The mouth-watering programme of the sixth International Auteur Film Festival in Barcelona is competing with the Málaga Spanish Film Festival, which unspools at the same time  

12/04/2016 | Festivals | Spain

Pedro Almodóvar  • Director

Q&A: Pedro Almodóvar • Director

“I believe in repetition and rehearsal”

Julieta by Pedro Almodóvar is an intimate drama chock-full of references, symbolism and sudden emotions, based on works by Alice Munro; the director from La Mancha breaks down the movie  

07/04/2016

Julieta: Pulped flesh

Julieta: Pulped flesh

Pedro Almodóvar’s new film is a stylised ode to depression, with glimmers of talent but an overdose of self-indulgence, wallowing in misfortune and tragedy  

07/04/2016 | Films | Spain

The Málaga Film Festival raises the bar

The Málaga Film Festival raises the bar

The 19th edition of the Spanish Film Festival will raise its standards ever higher thanks to the involvement of Koldo Serra, Isaki Lacuesta and Juan Cavestany, among other stars  

06/04/2016 | Málaga 2016

La puerta abierta: Marina Seresesky beckons us towards an open door

La puerta abierta: Marina Seresesky beckons us towards an open door

The Spanish-based Argentinian filmmaker has finished her debut film, which stars Carmen Machi, Terele Pávez and Asier Etxeandía  

06/04/2016 | Production | Spain

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