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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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Presented out of competition at Zinemaldia’s Official Selection, Un fantasma en la batalla / She Walks in Darkness delves into Spain’s most sensitive and complex chapters: the complex legacy of the Basque conflict and ETA. Director Agustín Díaz Yanes returns back to screen after nearly a decade, blending historical reality with the intensity of a spy thriller, drawing on Irish conflict cinema to explore the moral dilemmas of terrorism, infiltration and identity.
The filmmaker highlighted that “preparing the script was complex, but in the end, films are fiction which, besides from being historically accurate, should also have narrative accuracy.”
The film follows the story of Amaia, a civil guard undercover agent at the beginning of the 1990s, powerfully portrayed by Susana Abaitua. Its evocative soundtrack, featuring unforgettable Italian songs by Mina, Nicola di Bari or Patty Pravo, amplifies its emotional weight, while its meticulous historical details bring Spain’s painful past to life. More than a historical narrative, Un fantasma en la batalla / She Walks in Darkness invites reflection on the human cost of a nation’s struggle for peace.
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