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Alfonso Rivera


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

Hablar: Theatre as protest, in the middle of the street

Hablar: Theatre as protest, in the middle of the street

Joaquín Oristrell helms this experiment based around ad-libbing actors, using the spoken word as a weapon of social protest, and shooting in a single take  

12/06/2015 | Films | Spain

Joaquín Oristrell  • Director

Interview: Joaquín Oristrell • Director

“Our work consists of bearing witness to the moment we’re living in”

Catalan filmmaker Joaquín Oristrell is on the offensive again with the militant Hablar, a film that condemns social disorder  

11/06/2015

German films take back Madrid

German films take back Madrid

Yesterday saw the opening of the 17th German Film Festival, which will offer the crème de la crème of recent German productions and will then continue online  

10/06/2015 | Festivals | Spain

Hotel Nueva Isla: In search of the lost treasure

Hotel Nueva Isla: In search of the lost treasure

The documentary co-directed by Irene Gutiérrez and Javier Labrador, and shot in a derelict hotel in Havana, is being released in Spain after having screened at various festivals, such as Rotterdam  

04/06/2015 | Films | Spain

Liza, the Fox Fairy demolishes the competition at Nocturna 2015

Liza, the Fox Fairy demolishes the competition at Nocturna 2015

The Hungarian film towers above the rest at a festival fuelled by screams and pure fun, which featured priceless visits from the fantastic genre’s cult filmmakers  

01/06/2015 | Festivals | Spain

Filmadrid: A new arthouse film festival for the Spanish capital

Filmadrid: A new arthouse film festival for the Spanish capital

The gathering will unspool from 5-13 June, and will offer audiences the posthumous work by Manoel de Oliveira and the latest film by Godard in its original 3D version, among other wonders  

28/05/2015 | Festivals | Spain

A heartfelt adiós to the great filmmaker Vicente Aranda

A heartfelt adiós to the great filmmaker Vicente Aranda

The man behind such memorable films as Lovers: A True Story, Fanny Straw-Top and Time of Silence has passed away in Madrid at 88 years of age  

27/05/2015 | People | Spain

Icíar Bollaín is scouring Europe for an olive tree in El olivo

Icíar Bollaín is scouring Europe for an olive tree in El olivo

The filmmaker has kicked off the shoot for this Spanish-German co-production about losing one’s roots, starring award winner Javier Gutiérrez  

20/05/2015 | Production | Spain

A Perfect Day: Humour as an antidote

A Perfect Day: Humour as an antidote

CANNES 2015: Fernando León de Aranoa has come up with a tragicomedy: 24 hours in the lives of a group of aid workers in a war-torn country, peppered with the laughs needed to alleviate the horror  

16/05/2015 | Cannes 2015 | Directors’ Fortnight

Fernando León de Aranoa  • Director

Interview: Fernando León de Aranoa • Director

“I feel comfortable with the absence of a defined genre”

CANNES 2015: Spanish filmmaker Fernando León de Aranoa is making his Cannes debut with A Perfect Day, a film that boasts an international cast  

15/05/2015

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