Ikuska 10: Kontrasteak

Stepping Into the Boundary

Donostia-San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain, 2011. Maider, a filmmaker, moves to the very same flat where pedadogist Elbira Zipitria Irastorza (1906

2019

I'm Not From Here

Day after day, an elderly woman recalls the Spanish Basque country of her youth — while forgetting she is consigned to a retirement home in Chile.

2016

Pelotari

In this short documentary film about Basque pelota, in addition to showing the different modalities (basket ball, handball, paddle, ratchet...), well-

1964

Mother Earth

'Ama Lur' is a documentary, directed by Nestor Basterretxea and Fernando Larruquert, that premiered in San Sebastián in 1968, and it is considered the

1968

Pelota

A documentary view of the Basque ball-game in which a small hard leather ball is hit against a wall. The film gives an impression of the game itself a

1983

The Scars

The personal stories lived by the Uncle, the Father and the Son, respectively, form a tragic experience that is drawn along a line in time. This line

2019

Exergo

Departing from peripheral details of some paintings of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, a female narrator unravels several stories related to the economic

2024

In Ictu Oculi

The six-decade transformation of a block of houses, shown by means of artfully featured archival shots, highlights the beauty and sadness of human-mad

2020

Zumiriki

Is it possible to travel twice to the same memory? The filmmaker built a cabin on an isolated riverbank, just opposite his childhood island, which had

2019

Ikuska 19: Euskal kulturaren zabalpena

Documentary on the relationship between the Basque language and its immediate cultural universe.

1984

Ikuska 13: Euskal kanta berria

Documentary dedicated to the new Basque music.

1982

Ikuska 2: Gernika

A memory to the victims and a tribute to the survivors of one of the most tragic episodes of the Spanish Civil War: the bombings suffered by the popul

1979

Ikuska 7: Barandiaran

Interview and tribute to Jose Migel Barandiaran, researcher on Basque culture.

1980

Xalbador gaztain kormutxa

Documentary on the life of the Basque shepherd and oral improviser (or 'bertsolari') Fernando Aire (1920-1976), known as 'Xalbador'.

1981

Ikuska 4: Euskal Telebista

Debate on the launch of Basque television (ETB, Euskal Telebista).

1980

Amerikanuak

A documentary about Basque inmigrants who went to USA looking for work and a better future. Basically, Amerikanuak talks about feeling homesick, about

2010

Euskal herri-musika

An ethnographic documentary which looks at the relationship between music and work in predominantly rural cultures. It depicts the lives of fisherman,

1978

Ikuska 15: Euskaldunberriak

The troubles of learning Basque in adults.

1983

Ikuska 3: Bilboko hiri espekulazioa

Documentary that presents the urban problems of Bilbao.

1979

Ikuska 5: Elebistasuna

Study on the situation of Basque language compared to Spanish.

1980