Euskal zinema Berlingo merkatuan nabarmenduko da

Euskal zinemagile ugarik hartuko dute parte Berlinale jaialdiko merkatuan, martxoaren 1 eta 5 artean. Europako zinema-jaialdi nagusia bi zatitan gauzatuko da aurten: datorren astean Berlinale Co-Production Market, Berlinale Talents eta World Cinema Fund egitasmoak burutuko dira, prentsarentzat eta sektoreko eragileentzat soilik; eta ekainean, aretoetan nahiz aire zabalean eskainiko diren proiekzio ugariez gozatuko du publikoak.

BASQUE. AUDIOVISUAL. euskal zinemaren markak stand birtuala izango du Berlinaleko merkatuan, Cinema from Spain atariaren barne, nazioarteko eragileei azaltzeko zer nolako pizgarri fiskal eta laguntza-sistemak dauden euskal lurraldean, baita nazioarteko industriaren zerbitzura dauden tresnen eta elkarteen berri emateko ere. Era berean, Euskadiko profesional ugari akreditatu dira topaketan: besteak beste, Miren Aperribay (Atera Films), Ainhoa Andraka (Doxa Producciones), Nicos Beatty (Soul Pictures), Liliana Braco (Soul Pictures), Rafael Marín (Soul Pictures), Eduardo Carneros (Euskadi Movie AIE), Unai Fernández (Barton Films), Iker Ganuza (Lamia Producciones), Naiara Martínez de Marigorta (Expressive Media), Izaskun Pérez (Expressive Media), Maru Solores (Lumiere Ekoizpenak), Alberto Sota (Pantoma Films) eta Julieta Juncadella (Vitrine Filmes).

Zineuskadiko eta Europa Creativa MEDIA Euskadi bulegoko ordezkariak ere izango dira hitzorduan, baita Donostia Zinemaldiko, Zinebiko, Zinegoak-eko, Gaztefilm-eko eta Tabakalerako kideak ere.

BASQUE. AUDIOVISUAL. markaren katalogo berria aurkeztuko da Berlinaleren 71. edizioan, non garapen fasean dauden 34 proiektu, produkzioan dauden 24 pelikula eta 2020an amaitutako beste 24 lan jasotzen diren. Argitalpen hori programatzaileen, nazioarteko salmenta-eragileen, plataformen eta sektoreko beste eragileen eskura jarriko da. Bestalde, Alemaniako hitzorduko akreditatuek KIMUAK programara aurkeztutako zazpi film laburren berri ere izango dute.

Berlinale Talents eta Market Screenings

Berlinale Talents atal ospetsuan ere nabarmena izango da euskal zinema, bertan parte hartuko baitute Zuri Goikoetxea eta Lur Olaizola zinemagileek. Olaizolak New Yorken lan egin du artista bisual eta ekoizle kultural gisa. Horns & Tails ekoiztetxearekin kolaboratu zuen han, eta Architecture & Design Film Festival jaialdia koordinatu zuen, besteak beste. Bartzelonako kultura garaikideko zentroan ere lan egin zuen ikus-entzunezko dokumentalista eta muntatzaile gisa, eta egun Tabakalera kultura garaikideko nazioarteko zentroko ikus- entzunezko programak koordinatzen ditu. Zinemagile gisa, ‘Xulia’ (2019) eta ‘Zerua blu’ (2020) film laburrak egin ditu, eta azkenak Estatuko film labur onenaren saria jaso du Zinebin.

Bestalde, Zuri Goikoetxea gidoigile, zuzendari eta ekoizle lanetan dabil 2010etik, eta Doxa Producciones ekoiztetxeko kide da 2016tik. Bideo-arte esperimentala egiten du, baita fikziozkoa ez den zinema ere. Besteak beste, honako proiektuetan hartu du parte: ‘163 días. La Huelga de Bandas’, ‘592 metroz goiti’ (2019ko Goya Sarietan hautagai izan zen) eta ‘Meseta’ (Copenhagueko CPH:DOX jaialdian epaimahaiaren aipamen berezia jaso zuen, nazioartean lortutako besten hainbat aintzatespenen artean). Halaber, Aitor Merinoren bigarren film luzeko (‘Fantasia’) gidoian parte hartu eta ekoizpen lanak egin zituen, eta egun ‘División de Honor’ (Ainhoa Andraka) filmaren muntaian murgilduta dago, baita ‘Itoiz Udako Sesioak’ (Larraitz Zuazo) pelikularen garapenean eta ‘Working From Home’ (Laida Lertxundi) film laburraren ekoizpenean ere.

Salmenta-eragileek antolatzen dituzten Market Screening saioetan, berriz, hainbat euskal film izango dira ikusgai: ‘Ilargi Guztiak’ (Igor Legarreta), ‘Ane’ (David P Sañudo), ‘Baby’ (Juanma Bajo Ulloa), ‘Hil Kanpaiak’ (Imanol Rayo), ‘Enjambre’ (Mireia Gabilondo), ‘Lobster Soup’ (Rafa Molés & Pepe Andreu), ‘Nora’ (Lara Izagirre) eta ‘The Miramar Murders: The State Vs. Pablo Ibar’ (Olmo Figueredo).

Basque cinema shows its tenacity in the Berlin market

Basque cinema will be well represented at the Berlinale that is being held from 1 to 5 March, in an online format. This year, the first major European festival has decided to only invite the press and industry operators as it opens next week; it has organised the European Film Market, the Berlinale Co-Production Market, the Berlinale Talents and the World Cinema Fund. And in June it will be the public’s turn, with countless screenings planned for cinemas and outdoors.

Basque. Audiovisual. will have a virtual stand, linked to the Cinema from Spain website, where it will offer information about tax incentives in the region, the grant system and various tools and associations that support the industry worldwide. Additionally, a huge number of professionals from the Basque Country have received accreditation, like Miren Aperribay (Atera Films), Ainhoa Andraka (Doxa Producciones), Nicos Beatty (Soul Pictures), Liliana Braco (Soul Pictures), Rafael Marín (Soul Pictures), Eduardo Carneros (Euskadi Movie AIE), Unai Fernández (Barton Films), Iker Ganuza (Lamia Producciones), Naiara Martínez de Marigorta (Expressive Media), Izaskun Pérez (Expressive Media), Maru Solores (Lumiere Ekoizpenak), Alberto Sota (Pantoma Films) and Julieta Juncadella (Vitrine Filmes).

Representatives from Zineuskadi and Creative Europe Desk MEDIA Basque Country will also be at the event. And the Basque delegation will be joined by members from the San Sebastian Festival, Zinebi, Zinegoak, Gaztefilm and Tabakalera.

For this 71st edition of the Berlinale, a new version of the Basque. Audiovisual. catalogue has been prepared, containing 34 projects that are in development, 24 films at different stages of production and another 24 that were finished in 2020. This publication will be made available to programmers, international sales agents, platforms and other agents who are essential for keeping the wheels of the industry turning. Additionally, the professionals who are attending the German event will have information about the seven short films selected in the KIMUAK 2020 programme.

Berlinale Talents and Market Screenings

Basques will also make their presence known at the prestigious Berlinale Talents section, in which the filmmakers Zuri Goikoetxea and Lur Olaizola will be participating. San Sebastian’s Lur Olaizola Lizarralde has worked as a visual artist and cultural producer in New York, where she has collaborated with the Horns & Tails production company and, among other things, coordinated the Architecture & Design Film Festival. She worked at the Barcelona Centre of Contemporary Culture as an audiovisual archivist and editor and she is currently coordinating audiovisual programmes in the Tabakalera – the International Centre for Contemporary Culture. As a filmmaker, she has directed the short films ‘Xulia’ (2019) and ‘Zerua blu’ (2020), and she was given the Zinebi Award for the best short Spanish film.

In turn, Zuri Goikoetxea has been working as a screenwriter, director and producer since 2010 and she has been part of Doxa Producciones since 2016. Her work mainly falls in the categories of experimental video art and non-fiction cinema. The most notable projects that she has been involved in are ‘163 días, La Huelga de Bandas’, ‘592 metroz goiti’ (shortlisted for the Goya Awards in 2019), and Meseta (Special Mention by the Jury at the Copenhagen’s CPH:DOX, among other international awards) . She was the co-screenwriter and producer of ‘Fantasia’, Aitor Merino’s second feature film, ‘Asier eta Biok’ and she is currently busy producing ‘División de Honor’ (Ainhoa Andraka), developing the feature film ‘Itoiz Udako Sesioak’ (Larraitz Zuazo) and producing the short film ‘Working from Home’ (Laida Lertxundi).

And finally, among the Markets Screenings, at the market that is organised by sales agents and can lead to potential buyers, there will be a wide variety of Basque movies representing Basque cinema in Berlin, with exclusive passes for the following accredited visitors: ‘Ilargi Guztiak’ (Igor Legarreta), ‘Ane’ (David P. Sañudo), ‘Baby’ (Juanma Bajo Ulloa), ‘Hil Kanpaiak’ (Imanol Rayo), ‘Enjambre’ (Mireia Gabilondo), ‘Lobster Soup’ (Rafa Molés & Pepe Andreu), Nora (Lara Izagirre) and The Miramar Murders’ The State VS Pablo Ibar (Olmo Figueredo).

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