PROHIBIDO RECORDAR / DEBEKATUTA DAGO OROITZEA (TO REMEMBER IS FORBIDDEN)
Director: Txaber Larreategi, Josu Martínez
Many years have passed since Saturrarán women’s prison closed its doors in 1944. Thanks to the people working to recover the historical memory, numerous black points of the Civil War are gradually coming to light. Even so, the silence continues to reign. The list of forgotten names is long and there is still so much to be remembered...
AMERIKANUAK
Director: Nacho Reig
Amerikanuak tells the tale of various Basque immigrants in Elko, Nevada (USA). It basically looks at nostalgia, at the struggle to lead a decent life in a foreign country and at the feeling of belonging to a community.
LA PLAZA DE LA MÚSICA (THE MUSIC SQUARE)
Director: Juan Miguel Gutiérrez
“A short time ago I happened upon the fact that the cause of our mother’s death was to have inhaled asbestos dust. The factory that made it stood only a short way from the house in which we lived. The discovery was an emotional blow leading me to travel from the very bottom of my heart to the Indian beaches on which they now break up the ships that no European wants to touch for fear of the asbestos they contain”. (Juan Miguel Gutiérrez). It is Juan Miguel Gutiérrez’s fifth participation at the Festival.
SAGARREN DENBORA. 25 URTE DESERRITIK ITZULTZEN (APPLE TIME, 25 YEARS OF EXILE)
Director: Josu Martínez and Txaber Larreategi
Kristiane Etxaluz, from Soule, and Alfonso Etxegarai, from Bizkaia, aren’t your usual couple. Committed since their youth to the Basque pro-independence mouvement, they are condemned to living their love 7,000 km from one another due to the fact that Alfonso lives on the small African island to which he was deported several years ago. However, despite the banishment, their eyes always follow the country of the Bidasoa and their hearts at apple time; an apple time still to come.
TTAUP, TTAUP! Arraun kolpeka (TTAUP, TTAUP, The Beating of the Oars)
Director: Eneko Dorronsoro
Zumaia, on the coast. Winter 2007 in the rowing club. Although they compete in summer, the rowing boats have already started practicing. Demanding physical events, competition, rejections. All for one in the same boat. Thirteen rowers, each with his expectations, concerns, his own dream. Looking backwards, from the distance of time, this documentary constitutes the wake left by the boat in the sea. The coexistence of that 2007 alongside the rowers from Zumaia. At each training session, each competition... TTAUP, TTAUP! The beating of the oars…
80 EGUNEAN (FOR 80 DAYS)
Director: Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga
Axun, aged 70, goes to hospital to take care of her daughter’s ex-husband. She can’t believe her eyes when she realises that the woman looking after the patient in the next bed is Maite, her close friend as a teenager. They soon realise that the chemistry between them is just the same as it was 50 years previously. The two women have great fun, enjoying their new-found friendship, until Axun discovers that Maite is a lesbian. Axun struggles with her feelings: who should she obey? Her head or her heart?
MUGALDEKOAK
Director: Fernando Bernués and Mireia Gabilondo
Mugaldekoak is set in the early 40s, when, on this side of the border, the wounds of the Civil War were still open and, on the other, they were living under occupation by the German Army. The tale revolves around the Red Comète, an initiative developed during World War II on the border with Navarre: the clandestine evacuation of British pilots brought down in enemy territory. The transfer started from inside the Germany Army lines to the UK, crossing the delicate passing place on the French/Spanish border by the classic contraband routes. This network was international in composition: British, French, Belgians and, above all, Basques. In this post-war setting we will also learn tales surrounding the private lives of a people and their families: love, hate, loyalty, betrayal, secrets, lies, confessions, discoveries...The directors participated at Zabaltegi-New Directors in 2006 with Kutsidazu bidea, Ixabel (Show me the Way, Ixabel)
SIMPLEMENTE (SIMPLY)
Director: Jon Andueza
The artists in the “Despertar los sentidos” dance group had a very special idea: to organise a performance on Oriñón beach. It wasn’t an easy challenge as they’d never worked outdoors on their choreographies before. A few days before the big event, a few of the group members arrive in the village to settle in. On the one hand, they rehearse the performance, painstakingly, on the beach. And they go about obtaining the necessary permits. And they overcome the technical difficulties arising along the way. On the other hand, they also make the most of the occasion to have a fabulous seaside holiday with their friends. Two cameras follow their entire stay, looking at coexistence within the group, everything that happens between them and with the people around them... And these same cameras are there on the day of the show to witness the success or failure of this curious initiative.
''Addicted to Love'', by Liu Hao, ''Akma-reul Bo-at-da / I Saw the Devil'', by KIM JEE-WOON and ''Satte Farben vor Schwarz / Colours in the Dark'', directorial debut from Sophie Heldman, will also compete in the Official Selection.
All will contend for the Kutxa-New Directors Award, carrying €90,000
The two Spanish movies included in the Section are 'Blog', by Elena Trapé, and 'Izarren Argia', by Mikel Rueda
The new films by José María de Orbe (Aita), Judith Colell and Jordi Cadena (Elisa K), Oscar Aibar (El Gran Vázquez (The Great Vázquez) and Agustí Villaronga (Pa Negre (Black Bread) will run for the Golden Shell
