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Alfonso Rivera


2145 articles available in total starting from 16/11/2007. Last article published on 17/07/2025.

Márgenes pays tribute to Portuguese filmmaker Miguel Gomes

Márgenes pays tribute to Portuguese filmmaker Miguel Gomes

The 11th Madrid Independent Film Festival unspools from 16-21 November, and will premiere the latest offerings by Alice Rohrwacher, Gaspar Noé and Chema García Ibarra, among others  

16/11/2021 | Márgenes 2021

Rodrigo Cortés  • Director of Love Gets a Room

Interview: Rodrigo Cortés • Director of Love Gets a Room

“I want films to be physical experiences for the audience”

The Spanish filmmaker’s latest film had its world premiere in Seville – a film with songs that takes place in 1942 in the Warsaw ghetto  

15/11/2021 | Seville 2021

Great Freedom gets the Golden Giraldillo at the Seville European Film Festival

Great Freedom gets the Golden Giraldillo at the Seville European Film Festival

The Austrian-German production by Sebastian Meise, about the repeated conviction of a homosexual man in post-war Germany, flies high in the awards list of the 18th edition of the gathering  

15/11/2021 | Seville 2021 | Awards

Review: Rendir los machos

Review: Rendir los machos

David Pantaleón makes his debut as a feature film director with a piece built up as a series of beautiful tableaux vivants, with a story inspired by traditions and rituals  

11/11/2021 | Seville 2021

Projects by Spaniard Javier Marco and Germany’s Ali Kareem Obaid win prizes at Seville

Projects by Spaniard Javier Marco and Germany’s Ali Kareem Obaid win prizes at Seville

A la cara and The Arabic Interpreter have triumphed in the European Co-production Forum at the 18th edition of the festival, which this year featured Germany as its guest country  

11/11/2021 | Seville 2021 | SEFF Industry/Awards

Miguel Morales • President, ADICINE

Interview: Miguel Morales • President, ADICINE

“We are striving to keep independent films in the theatres”

We chatted to the Spanish producer and distributor to get the low-down on MERCI Sevilla, the Independent Film Market founded as an integral part of the 18th edition of the southern Spanish festival  

09/11/2021 | Seville 2021 | SEFF Industry

Lonely Man set to be Gerardo Olivares’ new cinematic venture

Lonely Man set to be Gerardo Olivares’ new cinematic venture

Catalonian producer Mediacrest has inked a deal with Wanda Visión to shoot this feature by the Spanish director, set in the farthest reaches of Patagonia  

08/11/2021 | Production | Funding | Spain

Review: LA QueenCiañera

Review: LA QueenCiañera

Pedro Peira follows Bamby Salcedo, a transgender Mexican woman who, before becoming a political activist, used to walk on the wilder side of life  

05/11/2021 | Seminci 2021

Review: Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake

Review: Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake

Benito Zambrano painstakingly follows the recipe for adapting Cristina Campos’ novel of the same name for the big screen, avoiding choking while also stirring in more than meets the eye  

05/11/2021 | Seminci 2021

The Seville European Film Festival turns 18

The Seville European Film Festival turns 18

The Spanish gathering comes of age with a potent array of European auteurs, of the calibre of Nanni Moretti, Jacques Audiard, Andrea Arnold and Mia Hansen-Løve, among others  

04/11/2021 | Seville 2021

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