71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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Kepa Junkera Berpiztu / Kepa Junkera Come to Life Again

Fermin Aio
Spain      104 m.
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Kepa Junkera left the stage on 6 December 2018 in Ghent, Belgium. He disappeared, his accordion fell silent. The news mentioned a stroke, urgent admission to hospital, a recovery process, and then nothing. The Basque artist who took the trikitixa and popular Basque music to the highest level, who pretty much brought out an album a year for the 32 years of his career, the self-taught man who became the most international Basque musician and who invited artists all over the world to sing in Basque disappeared without trace. Later came two years of hard work, of physiotherapy sessions to recover his physical mobility, learn to talk, move his hands, turn his head, eat, stay alive. Because Kepa continues to live, continues to create, to enjoy the thrill of art, of music, of poetry, of painting, of photography. This documentary is the story of that emotion.

Director
Fermin Aio (Spain)
Screenplay
Fermin Aio
Production
Joserra Producciones S.L. (Spain)
José Ramón Plaza Zaldegui
Distribution
Barton Films (Spain)
Photography
Oier Plaza, Kerman Goikouria
Edition
Fermin Aio, Oskar Epelde
Music
Kepa Junkera
Sound
Daniel Asua
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Running Time
104 m.
Original language of the film
Basque , Spanish
Country
Spain
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