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Alfonso Rivera


2175 articles available in total starting from 16/11/2007. Last article published on 12/09/2025.

Review: Los inocentes

Review: Los inocentes

Guillermo Benet's first feature is a nerve-racking portrait of a group of people confronted with a harrowing situation, ramping up the tension with off-screen plotting and skilful use of sound  

11/03/2021 | Films | Reviews | Spain

Gustavo Hernández shooting Lobo feroz

Gustavo Hernández shooting Lobo feroz

This very peculiar version of the famous Israeli flick Big Bad Wolves is being filmed in Andalusia by the director of The Silent House  

10/03/2021 | Production | Funding | Spain/Uruguay

The French-Argentinian production La vida en común wins big at Ibizacinefest

The French-Argentinian production La vida en común wins big at Ibizacinefest

Yesterday, Ezequiel Yanco’s movie came out on top after the winners of the fifth edition of this independent and arthouse film festival held on Ibiza were announced  

09/03/2021 | Festivals | Awards | Spain

Review: Miguel’s War

Review: Miguel’s War

BERLINALE 2021: Eliane Raheb’s sparky and creative documentary draws on a blend of narrative techniques to get inside the mind of a gay Lebanese man hoping to find freedom in Spain  

09/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Panorama

Laura Herrero Garvín  • Director of La Mami

Interview: Laura Herrero Garvín • Director of La Mami

“I never look for stories; they come to me”

The Spanish filmmaker headed to Mexico City to shoot this excellent documentary that explores the Barba Azul cabaret, a female-dominated world governed by sisterhood, familiarity and empathy  

08/03/2021 | /Mexico/Spain

Schoolgirls strikes gold with four Goya Awards

Schoolgirls strikes gold with four Goya Awards

Pilar Palomero’s début feature was the winner of some of the Spanish Film Academy’s most coveted accolades, presented last Saturday at a ceremony broadcast from Malaga  

08/03/2021 | Goyas 2021

Álvaro Gurrea  • Director of Ancient Soul

Interview: Álvaro Gurrea • Director of Ancient Soul

“I started filming like a man possessed”

BERLINALE 2021: We chatted to the first-time director, who shot his debut, hybrid film (half-fiction, half-reality) immersed in the stunning natural surroundings of Indonesia, using local actors  

05/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Forum

Review: Ancient Soul

Review: Ancient Soul

BERLINALE 2021: Álvaro Gurrea’s feature debut might be an enigmatic, free-spirited and suggestive plunge into Indonesian spirituality, but it ends up being weighed down by its slow pace  

05/03/2021 | Berlinale 2021 | Forum

Review: La Mami

Review: La Mami

Spaniard Laura Herrero Galvín lays bare the private lives and intimate moments of women who work as bargirls in a crowded Mexico City cabaret  

05/03/2021 | Films | Reviews | Mexico/Spain

The Feroz Awards confirm Schoolgirls as the ultimate champion

The Feroz Awards confirm Schoolgirls as the ultimate champion

In the run-up to the Goya Awards ceremony, Pilar Palomero’s feature debut has scooped the three most important trophies handed out by the Association of Spanish Film Journalists  

03/03/2021 | Festivals | Awards | Spain

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