72nd San Sebastian Festival - 20/28 September 2023
71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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Z365" or "Festival all year round" is the new strategic point of the Festival in which converge investigation, accompaniment and development of new talents (Ikusmira Berriak, Nest); training and cinematic knowledge transfer (Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, Zinemaldia + Plus, Filmmakers' dialogue); and investigation, disclosure and cinematic thought (Z70 project, Thought and Discussion and Research and publications).
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Zinemira-Basque Film Showcase
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Zinemira - Basque Film Showcase
Zinemira - Basque Film Showcase
Jon Garaño , Jose Mari Goenaga
Spain
105 min.
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?
Isabel Herguera
Spain
8 min.
Short film
Inés travels to India to visit her friend Ámár, who has been living in a mental institution for years. Inés remembers the last days they spent together and her promise to return.
Nacho Reig
Spain
91 min.
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.
Asier Altuna
Spain
8 min.
Short film
A shepherd lost in the city searches for his flock. His call attracts the attention of some people, who decide to follow him.
Enrique García, Rubén Salazar
Spain
6 min.
Short film
Daisy Cutter tells the story of a ten years old girl, Zaira, who (like many others) experiences the injustice of war, with the perspective that her tender and naive eyes allow her. Zaira gathers daisies every day for a friend that she misses; so as not to forget him, so as not to lose him.
León Siminiani
Spain
16 min.
Short film
Pilar and Manuel prepare for what should be a night of celebration and glamour. It should be. But they've been sweeping their relationship under the red carpet for too long...
Alaitz Arenzana, Maria Ibarretxe
Spain
9 min.
Short film
Exhibition 19 is a multiple portrait, on one hand, of women who do not have their own iconography in a world founded on demands for creativity and professionalism and, on the other hand, of places that make up the inside of that world.
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Spain
21 min.
Short film
Khorosho is the story of the reunion between Andro and Beka, two old army comrades who share lots of bad memories, a very bad conscience and mountains and mountains of cigarettes.
Kote Camacho
Spain
6 min.
Short film
The year 1914. The Lasarte racetrack announces a race with a never-before-seen prize for the winning horse. Eight of the best horses and mares in the world have registered. Fans and heavy betters from all the continents gather to participate in the great event: the Half Million Grand Prize.
Juan Miguel Gutiérrez
Spain
70 min.
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
Fernando Bernués , Mireia Gabilondo
Spain
96 min.
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 Comète Network, 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...
Angel Aldarondo
Spain
4 min.
Short film
Tuna fish spend months hibernating after the active feeding season in the Cantabrian Sea. Each year these seasons are marked in rings, leaving opaque areas due to the lack of food.
Txaber Larreategi, Josu Martínez
Spain
53 min.
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...
Josu Martínez, Txaber Larreategi
Spain
67 min.
Kristiane Etxaluz, from Soule, and Alfonso Etxegarai, from Bizkaia, aren?t your usual couple. Committed since their youth to the Basque independence struggle, 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.
John Andueza
Spain
77 min.
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.
Eneko Dorronsoro
Spain
67 min.
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.
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