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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Estibaliz Urresola
Spain
128 min.
Eight-year-old Cocó struggles to meet others' expectations and can't understand why. Everyone around the child uses the name Aitor, a name that feels foreign to Cocó. Ane, the siblings' mother will take advantage of the holidays to take her three children to the house where her mother Lita and her aunt Lourdes live, with close ties to beekeeping. This summer that will change their lives will oblige these women from three very different generations to confront their doubts and fears.
Josu Martinez
Spain - France
69 min.
"In the mid 20th century Jon Mirande demonstrated with his prose that the Basque language was capable of producing cultured, universal literature. Everybody recognises its importance. But it is still a taboo subject. De Mirande is said to have been a racist. A paedophile. Nazi. Misogynist. Immoral. Every time his name is mentioned, fiery controversies break out. We don't know what to do with him. I want to make a film about Mirande. But I don't know how. Perhaps it would be more interesting to give him the floor". (Josu Martinez)
Fermin Muguruza
Spain
71 min.
Police control and the closure of certain crossings on the Bidasoa river, natural border of the Pyrenées-Atlantiques Department, imposed by France in summer 2018 to prevent the entrance of immigrants on their way to other European countries, caused 10 deaths in a single year. Seven people died from April 2021, drowned in the waters of the River Bidasoa between Irun and Hendaia, while another three lost their lives in October 2021, hit by a train in Ziburu. This documentary, as well as putting a voice and face to several of the activists who work on either side of the river, as representatives of the Harrera Sarea (Reception Network) and Bidasoa Etorkinekin (The Bidasoa with Migrants) associations, also recalls those who lost their lives, giving them a name and an age, following their journey and their dreams, discovering the history and the people behind the cold figures of the deceased, giving the tragedy a more human aspect.
Josu Martinez
France - Spain
82 min.
In a non-existent town, five true stories based on oral testimonials and texts by writers take place between 1914 and 1982. Through them, we see the social changes experienced throughout the 20th century by a small town in the Northern Basque Country, the deep-rootedness and approximation of a language, and the struggle for survival.
Paul Urkijo Alijo
Spain
111 min.
Eighth century. Christianity is spreading throughout Europe, while pagan beliefs are disappearing. After the attack of the Franks, and with the Carolingian army almost over the Pyrenees, the local bailiff turns to an ancient goddess for help. Thanks to a blood compact, and in exchange for his own life, he defeats the enemy; however, before dying, he makes his son Eneko promise that he will protect his people and guide them in the new era. A few years later Eneko will try to keep his promise by completing a mission: to recover his father's body.
Silvia Munt
Spain - France
94 min.
Summer 1977. Bea is 16 and joins the winds of change blowing through the country; she collaborates with a group of women to raise awareness of the feminist cause, and to help them have an abortion in decent conditions. The rebelliousness boiling in her blood will mingle with an unexpected feeling and turn her life upside down: she falls in love with a girl a little older than herself and from a good family. What she doesn't realise is that this mysterious girl, Miren, has a secret that will catapult Bea directly into the painful world of adults.
Amat Vallmajor del Pozo
Spain
72 min.
Txomin, an unemployed Basque archaeologist, receives a commission to provide an expert's report on Mars. With his brother Gene at the wheel, they leave Eibar on an adventure through northern Spain. When Gene's frail health and a mysterious toxic mist make them lose their way, they turn to their sister Mila. The reunion between the three awakens old family gripes as Gene's health continues to decline. With the help of a few ghosts and Jesus Christ himself, the two brothers decide to complete their mission.
WIP Europa 2021
Iratxe Fresneda
Spain
95 min.
With a film based on real-life experiences, Iratxe Fresneda takes us on a personal voyage. Past and present come together in an emotional and sensory audiovisual experience.
Félix Viscarret
Spain
107 min.
Today Isaías runs back and forward between the park where he plays with his kids and his architecture studio, where he complains to his colleague Nico. No matter where he is, Isaías feels he should be somewhere else. And when he's with Ainhoa, his wife, they realise just how tiring children can be when they're so young. In the park, he makes friends with Sonia, the mother of another child, from whom he learns that raising children and coming of age isn't that easy. It never was.
Nitya López
Spain
11 min.
Short film
Watching the street from the window, Caroline jumps when she hears the sound of keys; it's Nathan, her husband. He's got his hands on a lottery ticket that belonged to a dead girl. They argue as to whether it is right to cash it in. Nathen tries to convince her...
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Raúl Campos
Spain
15 min.
Short film
A young man recently arrived in Europe starts working as an apprentice mobile phone technician, working hard while he daydreams of what the future has in store for him. However, something he comes across in a customer's phone will be a reality check that will make him reconsider his view of the world.
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David Pérez Sañudo
Spain
30 min.
Short film
Martin is divorced and his son works in a cosmetics factory. He takes obsessive care of his image and body and feels lonely. Desperate, he signs up for a seduction workshop to help him find a partner. One day he meets Marta and courting her becomes his number one goal.
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Isabel Herguera
Spain
8 min.
Short film
In Ahmedabad, Isabel gives an animation workshop on Mehndi design to a group of temporary tattoo artists. She asks them about their dreams: Ramia would love to fly, Saadiya dreams of an all-woman parliament, Shubhashree longs to travel to Switzerland, and Samira voices her independence through rap.
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Tamara Lucarini
Spain
18 min.
Short film
Ane and Andrea have sex and an enormous thirst and while outside life continues, they want to go on, they don't want to stop until they are together once and for all. They kiss and screw to the limits of their energy, until outside care has to come to the rescue.
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Iban del Campo
Spain
16 min.
Short film
A yacht sets sail with three people on board. Two women and a man form a triangle as strange as it is mysterious. Swimming in the high seas, nighttime conversations and sexual tensions. A feverish sleeplessness and the need for freedom will mark the direction of their navigation.
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Itziar Leemans
Spain
25 min.
Short film
June finds her first summer job: taking care of Constance, a sensitive little girl who suffers from a lack of affection. The child soon learns to trust her and June gets her hopes up thinking that maybe she can be her nanny for the whole year. But just as her bond with the child grows stronger, she discovers how harsh class differences can be and what rejection can feel like.
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