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Alfonso Rivera


2174 articles available in total starting from 16/11/2007. Last article published on 11/09/2025.

The first edition of the South International Series Festival begins

The first edition of the South International Series Festival begins

The event is created to bring together the public and the industry in Cadiz, between 6 and 12 October, with a hundred activities aimed at professionals and 62 screenings in different formats  

05/10/2023 | South Series 2023

A huge European contingent sets sail for Sitges’ official section

A huge European contingent sets sail for Sitges’ official section

Spanish names of the likes of Paco Plaza, Aritz Moreno, Carlota Pereda and F Javier Gutiérrez will premiere their latest fantastical flicks alongside other filmmakers from the continent  

04/10/2023 | Sitges 2023

Review: Last Shadow at First Light

Review: Last Shadow at First Light

In Singaporean director Nicole Midori Woodford's melancholic and sensitive début feature film, a co-production between Asia and Slovenia, the distressed central characters sometimes see ghosts  

02/10/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | New Directors

The Rye Horn scoops the Golden Shell at San Sebastián

The Rye Horn scoops the Golden Shell at San Sebastián

Basque helmer Jaione Camborda has become the first female Spanish director to obtain the top prize in the gathering’s 71-year history  

02/10/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Awards

Xavier Legrand  • Director of The Successor

Interview: Xavier Legrand • Director of The Successor

“I want to send the audience into a hellish spiral"

The French actor and filmmaker talks about his second feature, a hard-hitting, tragic and murky thriller about toxic masculinities that leaves no one indifferent  

29/09/2023 | San Sebastian 2023 | Competition

Benjamín Naishtat and María Alché  • Directors of Puan

Interview: Benjamín Naishtat and María Alché • Directors of Puan

“Comedy is an excellent genre for tackling heavy subjects"

The Argentinean filmmakers have joined lives and forces to create the philosophical comedy starring Marcelo Subiotto and Leonardo Sbaraglia  

29/09/2023 | San Sebastian 2023 | Competition

Alberto Martín Menacho  • Director of Nights Gone By

Interview: Alberto Martín Menacho • Director of Nights Gone By

"We get close to some people without knowing why"

The filmmaker from Madrid with a love for Extremadura talks about his first feature-length documentary, in which he returns to the village in Badajoz where he spends part of the year  

29/09/2023 | San Sebastian 2023 | Zabaltegi-Tabakalera

María Zanetti  • Director of Alemania

Interview: María Zanetti • Director of Alemania

"I find the great metamorphosis of adolescence very appealing"

The Argentinean filmmaker premieres her debut feature, a heartfelt teenage chronicle that won an award two years ago at the Co-Production Forum of this Basque festival  

28/09/2023 | San Sebastian 2023 | Horizontes Latinos

Review: The Successor

Review: The Successor

French director Xavier Legrand stresses that Father's Day is not exactly his favourite celebration with this brutal yet elegant film  

27/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Competition

Dolores Fonzi  • Director of Blondi

Interview: Dolores Fonzi • Director of Blondi

“All I can think about is directing again soon”

The Argentinian actress makes her directing début in a bright comedy about unconventional maternity and special families, which she herself has co-written and starred in  

27/09/2023 | San Sebastián 2023 | Horizontes Latinos

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