From ZINEBI, The Festival of Documentary Film and Shorts in Bilbao, to the Cinematheque in Uruguay, with the collaboration of the Etxepare Basque Institute, 8 feature-length and 8 shorts made by Basques will be shown these days in Montevideo. The goal is to acquaint the country with films that present the current political, culture, and social situations in the Basque Country. Some of the titles to be shown are: Asier eta Biok (Asier and I), Lasa eta Zabala (Lasa and Zabala), Umezurtzak (Orphans), El otro mapa de Abauntz (Another Map of Abauntz) and Gure Sor Lekuaren bila (Looking for our Birth Place).
Montevideo, Uruguay. The Festival of Documentary Film and Shorts in Bilbao (ZINEBI) and the Etxepare Institute in collaboration with the Cinematheque in Uruguay in a program of Basque film commissioned by Professor Vanesa Fernandez from the University of the Basque Country will take place in Montevideo through next Sunday. The festival will present the latest works done by ZINEBI film productions including: Errautsak, Distantziak and the most recent Bilbao-Bizkaia. Exterior-día.
The program is being presented as Memories and Futures and includes 8 feature-length films and 8 shorts that hope to make a nod to looks at and faces the current political, cultural and social realities in the Basque Country. The Cinematheque in Uruguay, in its 60 plus years of existence, has program several cycles that have been especially concerned with disseminating all kinds of film, including precisely, Basque cinematography.
They have programmed films like: Asier eta Biok (Asier and I), Lasa eta Zabala (Lasa and Zabala), Umezurtzak (Orphans), El otro mapa de Abauntz (Another Map of Abauntz) and Gure Sor Lekuaren bila (Looking for our Birth Place), along with other ZINEBI productions that directors of all generations have participated in including: Imanol Uribe, Enrique Urbizu, Pedro Olea, Javier Rebollo, Mikel Rueda, Luis Marías, Sra. Polaroiska (Alaitz Arenzana y María Ibarretxe), Marisol Gil, Juan Pablo Ordúñez (MawatreS), Hodei Torres, Mikel Zatarain, Igone Arreitunandia or the Pasaik girls (María Elorza and Maider Fernández).
At each session there will be a feature-length film along with a selection of shorts by established directors like Asier Altuna and Koldo Almandoz, along with more experimental proposals from emerging directors like: Igone Arreitunandia, Maider Fernández and María Elorza (Collective Pasaik Girls), Juan Pablo Orduñez (MawatreS), Maddi Barber, Cristina Ezquerra and Jesús María Palacios.
Complete program, here.
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