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Alfonso Rivera


2146 articles available in total starting from 16/11/2007. Last article published on 18/07/2025.

Seminci hosts the third Independent Film Market MERCI

Seminci hosts the third Independent Film Market MERCI

Previously held in Seville, the industry event will take place between 25 and 27 October, organised by the festival and Spain's Adicine (Association of Independent Film Distributors)  

15/09/2023 | Seminci 2023 | Seminci Industry

Review: All the Names of God

Review: All the Names of God

The heart of Madrid is about to be blown to smithereens in one of the most frenetic and emotional films yet by Daniel Calparsoro, starring Luis Tosar in another collaboration with the director  

14/09/2023 | Films | Reviews | Spain

Review: Society of the Snow

Review: Society of the Snow

VENICE 2023: Juan Antonio Bayona brings not much new to the recreation of the incredible plane crash in the Andes in 1973, which has already been seen in previous films such as Alive!  

09/09/2023 | Venice 2023 | Out of Competition

Queer Wave prepares to premiere LGBTQ+ films from all over the world in Cyprus

Queer Wave prepares to premiere LGBTQ+ films from all over the world in Cyprus

The festival returns from 8-17 September for its fourth annual celebration, boasting over 20 screenings, discussion panels and parallel events  

07/09/2023 | Festivals | Awards | Cyprus

The Spanish Film Academy set to host 26 audiovisual projects

The Spanish Film Academy set to host 26 audiovisual projects

Seasoned directors such as Pablo Maqueda, Álvaro Pulpeiro and Carlos Villafaina are among those selected for the brand-new editions of the Residencias and Rueda programmes  

30/08/2023 | Industry | Market | Spain

Biserka Šuran’s Scenes with My Father emerges victorious at Beyond Borders

Biserka Šuran’s Scenes with My Father emerges victorious at Beyond Borders

The Dutch medium-length film has won the Award for Best Historical Documentary at the eighth edition of the festival that unspooled from 20-27 August on the island of Kastellorizo  

29/08/2023 | Beyond Borders 2023 | Awards

The Platform 2 looks to replicate the international success of its predecessor

The Platform 2 looks to replicate the international success of its predecessor

Milena Smit and Hovik Keuchkerian topline the dystopian suspense film again directed by Basque helmer Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia; Basque Films is producing once more for Netflix  

28/08/2023 | Production | Funding | Spain/USA

Javier Polo's Pet Peeves, halfway through filming

Javier Polo's Pet Peeves, halfway through filming

Arturo Valls, Berta Vázquez, Andrea Duro, Pablo Molinero and Vitor Sanz star in the Spanish director's black comedy  

25/08/2023 | Production | Funding | Spain/Germany/Mexico

25 daring propositions on the line-up of San Sebastián’s Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section

25 daring propositions on the line-up of San Sebastián’s Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section

Paul B Preciado, Bas Devos, Damien Manivel, Éléonore Saintagnan and the late Jean-Luc Godard are some of the European filmmakers who will be competing in this sidebar that knows no bounds  

24/08/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

Elena Manrique makes the leap to feature directing with The Party’s Over

Elena Manrique makes the leap to feature directing with The Party’s Over

The Spanish producer’s first film is an Andalusian-set gothic tale that she wrote herself; the La Claqueta, Perdición Films and Menuetto Films production is now at the editing stage  

24/08/2023 | Production | Funding | Spain/Belgium

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