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Alfonso Rivera


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

Carlos Pardo Ros  • Director of H

Interview: Carlos Pardo Ros • Director of H

“I didn’t want to shoot an extreme film, but rather an emotional one”

The Spanish filmmaker talks about his immersive and sensorial feature debut, shot during the world-famous San Fermín festival  

26/04/2023 | Las Palmas 2023

Hugo Ruiz to premiere his feature debut, One Night With Adela, at Tribeca

Hugo Ruiz to premiere his feature debut, One Night With Adela, at Tribeca

The tense revenge thriller, built around a single sequence shot, stars Laura Galán, the winner of a Goya Award for her work in Piggy  

25/04/2023 | Production | Funding | Spain

João Canijo’s diptych Bad Living and Living Bad triumphs at Las Palmas

João Canijo’s diptych Bad Living and Living Bad triumphs at Las Palmas

The festival has also rewarded Spanish movies such as Omar A Razzak’s Killing Crabs, in the Canarias Cinema section, and Julián Génisson’s Inmotep, in Panorama España  

24/04/2023 | Las Palmas 2023 | Awards

Argentina, 1985 outpaces The Beasts at the tenth Platino Awards

Argentina, 1985 outpaces The Beasts at the tenth Platino Awards

Santiago Mitre’s film has scooped five prizes from producers on either side of the Atlantic, while Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s French-Spanish co-production went home with four  

24/04/2023 | Festivals | Awards | Spain/Latin America

Review: Killing Crabs

Review: Killing Crabs

In Omar A Razzak’s third feature, awarded at Las Palmas and Málaga, a summer spent awaiting Michael Jackson provides the backdrop to a story that is both entertaining and emotional  

21/04/2023 | Las Palmas 2023

Omar Al Abdul Razzak  • Director of Killing Crabs

Interview: Omar Al Abdul Razzak • Director of Killing Crabs

“We screenwriters all put a lot of ourselves into the characters”

The director-producer has picked up the Best Feature Award in the Canarias Cinema section of the Las Palmas Film Festival, adding to the two prizes he scooped in Málaga  

20/04/2023 | Las Palmas 2023

A flurry of international stars descend on the seventh BCN Film Fest

A flurry of international stars descend on the seventh BCN Film Fest

European filmmakers François Ozon and Wim Wenders, along with actors Susan Sarandon, Penelope Wilton and Omar Sy, are just some of the most prominent attendees at this year’s edition  

19/04/2023 | Festivals | Awards | Spain

Nacho A Villar and Luis Rojo  • Directors of La mala familia

Interview: Nacho A Villar and Luis Rojo • Directors of La mala familia

“People are demanding representations of reality that are more honest and closer to the truth”

The directorial duo have been garnering praise at festivals of the likes of Seville and IFFR for their documentary about a group of friends whose destinies are upended by an altercation  

18/04/2023 | Las Palmas 2023

Fer García-Ruiz’s I Hate Summer in the editing room

Fer García-Ruiz’s I Hate Summer in the editing room

The shoot for the ensemble comedy wrapped at the end of March; it stars Julián López, Kira Miró, Jordi Sánchez, María Botto, Malena Alterio, Roberto Álamo and Mariano Venancio  

17/04/2023 | Production | Funding | Spain

Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal team up again on They Shot the Piano Player

Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal team up again on They Shot the Piano Player

The animated co-production, which reunites the creators of Chico & Rita, is ready for festival berths with a story centring on the figure of Brazilian musician Tenório Jr  

14/04/2023 | Production | Funding | Spain/France/Netherlands/Portugal/Peru

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