Two Basque movies screen in San Sebastian main competition, multiple others, from ever more notable and noted filmmakers, play other sections or grace Basque showcase Zinemira. A drilldown:
“Blue Files” (“Karpeta Urdinak”, Ander Iriarte, Spain-France)
Iriarte directs a doc investigating his father’s potential torture while in police custody. The investigations take the doc deeper into findings from Basque’s “Research project on torture and ill-treatment in the Basque Country between 1960-2014.” Produced by Gastibeltza, Filmak, and Iriarte’s own Mirokutana.
“Bi Arnas,” (Jon Mikel Fernandez Elorz, Spain)
A debut documentary from Basque journalist and teacher Elorz. Bi Arnas, meaning “two breaths,” features mother Maria Nieves Diaz and her daughter, Iratxe Sorzabal, who was a former head of Eta. It explores the alleged use of torture of Sorzabal by Spanish Police while in custody.
“Black is Beltza II: Ainhoa,” (Fermin Muguruza)
The sequel to Muguruza’s 2018 animated feature, following Ainhoa,...
“Blue Files” (“Karpeta Urdinak”, Ander Iriarte, Spain-France)
Iriarte directs a doc investigating his father’s potential torture while in police custody. The investigations take the doc deeper into findings from Basque’s “Research project on torture and ill-treatment in the Basque Country between 1960-2014.” Produced by Gastibeltza, Filmak, and Iriarte’s own Mirokutana.
“Bi Arnas,” (Jon Mikel Fernandez Elorz, Spain)
A debut documentary from Basque journalist and teacher Elorz. Bi Arnas, meaning “two breaths,” features mother Maria Nieves Diaz and her daughter, Iratxe Sorzabal, who was a former head of Eta. It explores the alleged use of torture of Sorzabal by Spanish Police while in custody.
“Black is Beltza II: Ainhoa,” (Fermin Muguruza)
The sequel to Muguruza’s 2018 animated feature, following Ainhoa,...
- 9/20/2022
- by Callum McLennan and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Jabi Elortegi latest film Dear Grandma will open the Basque film strand.
Jabi Elortegi’s Dear Grandma will open the Zinemira strand of the 70th San Sebastian International Film Festival, which honours cinema produced in the Basque country.
Elortegi’s follow-up to his debut Perfect Happiness, which competed in Sab Sebastian’s 2009 New Directors selection, will have its world premiere at the festival. Barcelona-based Filmax acquired international rights to the comedy, which follows a man who moves to Argentina upon his uncle’s request and gets caught up in the village’s antics.
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Jabi Elortegi’s Dear Grandma will open the Zinemira strand of the 70th San Sebastian International Film Festival, which honours cinema produced in the Basque country.
Elortegi’s follow-up to his debut Perfect Happiness, which competed in Sab Sebastian’s 2009 New Directors selection, will have its world premiere at the festival. Barcelona-based Filmax acquired international rights to the comedy, which follows a man who moves to Argentina upon his uncle’s request and gets caught up in the village’s antics.
Scroll down for Zinemira line-up
The line-up...
- 8/26/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Filmax is screening a promo to buyers for the first time in Cannes.
Barcelona-based Filmax has acquired international rights to the comedy Dear Grandma the second feature by director Jabi Elortegi, that is now in post. Elortegi’s first film was Perfect Happiness in 2009.
Dear Grandma tells the story of a man who accepts the dubious invitation from a long-lost relative to make a radical change and move to Argentina. Once there, he is caught up in an elaborate deception whereby the whole village is pretending it is in the 1950s for the benefit of an old woman who has...
Barcelona-based Filmax has acquired international rights to the comedy Dear Grandma the second feature by director Jabi Elortegi, that is now in post. Elortegi’s first film was Perfect Happiness in 2009.
Dear Grandma tells the story of a man who accepts the dubious invitation from a long-lost relative to make a radical change and move to Argentina. Once there, he is caught up in an elaborate deception whereby the whole village is pretending it is in the 1950s for the benefit of an old woman who has...
- 5/18/2022
- by Elisabet Cabeza
- ScreenDaily
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