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Alfonso Rivera


2136 articles available in total starting from 16/11/2007. Last article published on 08/07/2025.

How well are Spanish films selling abroad?

How well are Spanish films selling abroad?

In Spanish: At the third Europe-Latin America Co-production Forum, various representatives from the sector are analysing how well Spanish-made movies are exporting  

24/09/2014 | San Sebastián 2014

Negociador: a rather unfunny Basque Affair

Negociador: a rather unfunny Basque Affair

San Sebastián-born director Borja Cobeaga is on home turf with his new film, following his overwhelming success as the screenwriter for Spanish Affair  

24/09/2014 | San Sebastián 2014 | Zabaltegi

FAPAE highlights the popular success of Spanish cinema

FAPAE highlights the popular success of Spanish cinema

During his usual appearance at the San Sebastian competition, the president of FAPAE assures that, in spite of the crisis, people are still going to the cinema in Spain  

23/09/2014 | San Sebastián 2014

Carlos Vermut • Director

Interview: Carlos Vermut • Director

“I’m a virgin of the cinema world”

Golden Shell for Best Film and Silver Shell for Best Director in San Sebastian for the second film by Spanish director Carlos Vermut, Magical Girl, following its debut in Toronto  

23/09/2014

Magical Girl: Three people under the influence

Magical Girl: Three people under the influence

In competition at San Sebastián following its premiere in Toronto, Carlos Vermut’s film is an invigorating tragicomedy involving overlapping stories that end in misfortune  

22/09/2014 | San Sebastián 2014 | Competition

François Ozon • Director

Interview: François Ozon • Director

“Shooting movies for me is a great pleasure”

French director François Ozon returns with The New Girlfriend, a brilliant movie about identity, new families and freedom  

22/09/2014

Sitges 2014: in between dreams and nightmares

Sitges 2014: in between dreams and nightmares

In Madrid, festival director Ángel Sala has unveiled the upcoming edition of the event (3-12 October), which features the recurring theme of dreams as the inspiration for all kinds of fiction  

17/09/2014 | Festivals | Spain

Alberto Rodríguez  • Director

Interview: Alberto Rodríguez • Director

“Without the support of television, it’s difficult to do well at the box office”

The 43 year old Sevillian director brings us Marshland, unveiled in competition at the in San Sebastian Film Festival, following successes like Unit 7 and Seven Virgins 

17/09/2014

Marshland: On hostile land

Marshland: On hostile land

A crime investigation attempts to be the feverish tale of a shady and violent era. Filmed with great care, precision and skill, a film discovered in competition at San Sebastian  

17/09/2014 | San Sebastián 2014 | Competition

Antigone Awake: a myth in our subconscious

Antigone Awake: a myth in our subconscious

Lupe Pérez Garcia's second feature, an experimental and rather abstract retelling of Sophocles' tragedy, is being presented at Locarno  

13/08/2014 | Locarno 2014 | Signs of Life

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