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
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
Joseba Usabiaga and Bárbara Goenaga as Ane and Gorka in Pikadero Ben Sharrock's debut Pikadero was announced as the winner of the Michael Powell Award for best British feature film at the 70th Edinburgh International Film Festival today. The romantic comedy, written in the Basque language, tells the story of a couple's fledgling relationship that comes under pressure because they can't get time alone. You can read what he told us about the film here.
The jurors also gave a special mention to Brakes, directed by Mercedes Grower, which received its World Premiere at the Festival.
The Michael Powell Jury - which included Kim Cattral, Iciar Bollain and Clancy Brown - said: “We wanted to recognise the very personal and individual voice of director Ben Sharrock for his film Pikadero. In a year when the jury viewed a selection of very distinctive and different films his film really stood out.
The jurors also gave a special mention to Brakes, directed by Mercedes Grower, which received its World Premiere at the Festival.
The Michael Powell Jury - which included Kim Cattral, Iciar Bollain and Clancy Brown - said: “We wanted to recognise the very personal and individual voice of director Ben Sharrock for his film Pikadero. In a year when the jury viewed a selection of very distinctive and different films his film really stood out.
- 6/24/2016
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Exclusive: San Sebastian and Zurich comedy-drama gets UK sales company.
Film Republic has picked up international sales rights to Edinburgh-based Ben Sharrock’s well-received debut feature Pikadero, which premiered in the New Directors competition in San Sebastian and won the Critics’ Award at the Zurich Film Festival.
The Spain-uk co-production is the company’s first UK acquisition.
Set against the backdrop of Spain’s economic crisis, Pikadero follows a penniless, young couple who have trouble consummating their fledgling relationship in their parents’ homes.
Since screening in San Sebastian and Zurich, the film has been screened at festivals in Sao Paulo, Mumbai, Braunschweig and Huelva, among others, winning the Fipresci Prize and Best Feature Film Award at Kiev’s Molodist, the Best Editor award and Special Achievement in Acting for Barbara Goenaga in Tirana, and a Special Mention for Best New Director at the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival.
Most recently, Pikadero had been...
Film Republic has picked up international sales rights to Edinburgh-based Ben Sharrock’s well-received debut feature Pikadero, which premiered in the New Directors competition in San Sebastian and won the Critics’ Award at the Zurich Film Festival.
The Spain-uk co-production is the company’s first UK acquisition.
Set against the backdrop of Spain’s economic crisis, Pikadero follows a penniless, young couple who have trouble consummating their fledgling relationship in their parents’ homes.
Since screening in San Sebastian and Zurich, the film has been screened at festivals in Sao Paulo, Mumbai, Braunschweig and Huelva, among others, winning the Fipresci Prize and Best Feature Film Award at Kiev’s Molodist, the Best Editor award and Special Achievement in Acting for Barbara Goenaga in Tirana, and a Special Mention for Best New Director at the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival.
Most recently, Pikadero had been...
- 12/9/2015
- by [email protected] (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Pikadero, the Basque language debut feature from Edinburgh-based filmmaker Ben Sharrock, had its world premiere in the New Directors section of San Sebastian Film Festival this year and has gone on to win the Fipresci prize and Best Film award at the Ukraine's Molodist Film Festival in Kiev. It stars Joseba Usabiaga and Bárbara Goenaga as Ane and Gorka - a pair of twentysomethings who are trapped by the economic crisis. The title refers not only to riding schools but is also slang for a public place used for sexual trysts - theonly option for Ane and Gorka since they both still love at home. Sharrock's gently absurd film follows the pair as they try - and fail - to get some time alone at the same time as they begin to question their hopes for the future. I caught up with Sharrock...
- 11/2/2015
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The 13 films competing for a $55,000 prize include Scott Graham’s Iona and Hans Christian Berger’s After Eden.Scroll down for full line-up
The San Sebastian Film Festival (Sept 18-26) has revealed the 13 films competing for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award, which includes a prize of $55,000 (€50,000).
The New Directors section, comprising first or second works by international filmmakers, includes Iona, Scott Graham’s follow-up to the critically acclaimed Shell, which world premiered at San Sebastian in 2012.
Iona stars Ruth Negga as the title character who takes her teenage son to the island where she was born so they can hide from a violent crime.
New Directors line-up
Synopses provided by the festival
After Eden
Hans Christian Berger (Canada)
A tale of love and temptation in the age of Internet pornography. A reclusive university student tracks down his favourite porn star in the real world and becomes her anonymous follower - until he finds the courage to connect in person...
The San Sebastian Film Festival (Sept 18-26) has revealed the 13 films competing for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award, which includes a prize of $55,000 (€50,000).
The New Directors section, comprising first or second works by international filmmakers, includes Iona, Scott Graham’s follow-up to the critically acclaimed Shell, which world premiered at San Sebastian in 2012.
Iona stars Ruth Negga as the title character who takes her teenage son to the island where she was born so they can hide from a violent crime.
New Directors line-up
Synopses provided by the festival
After Eden
Hans Christian Berger (Canada)
A tale of love and temptation in the age of Internet pornography. A reclusive university student tracks down his favourite porn star in the real world and becomes her anonymous follower - until he finds the courage to connect in person...
- 7/28/2015
- by [email protected] (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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