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Amid laughter and companionship, a group of gypsy women improvise sequences in a room at the Otxarkoaga Civic Centre. The soft morning light filters through the purple curtains, while one of them dissects a film about a group of gypsy women at a performance workshop. Reality and fiction merge. Playfulness, fun, empowerment and sisterhood all combine in this documentary, intended as a love letter to the gypsy women of the Basque Country. A bridge, a joyful song and hands clapping in the wind, rem

WALKER SERIES: SAN SEBASTIÁN

San Sebastian, Spain. The glamorous La Concha Beach hugging the picturesque coastline of the Basque Country. It is a city on the route of the "Camino de Santiago". Numerous visitors come to the city in summer and autumn: for the prestigious film festival and for its scenery, gastronomy, culture and history. After the crossing of Marseille and Paris, the walker sets foot in Europe, wandering through another land to discover along the coast.

A European Woman

A European woman is an experimental film made with real and fictionalized archive. It tells the story of the 12-day stay in December 2001 of the archivist Olaia Nogales in the city of Buenos Aires, where she is sent by the Extxepare Institute to check the value for Euskadi of some films from the 1920s made by the Zubiaurre brothers, found by chance in the archive of an Argentine photographer.

The Altxalili have just emerged: queer, Basque, and from rural areas. They've long faced isolation and barriers to living their identities freely. But two years ago, they created the Altxalili Show, the first Basque drag performance, reclaiming space in their villages. Dom, Jüse, Maiana, and Oihan undergo deep transformations through drag, healing years of silence. Their movement is sparking a quiet revolution in the countryside.

BEFORE YOU MY SHADOW

A sun that rises, a sun that dies. A new day in Gadani, Pakistan. There, trapped as in Dante's purgatory, those who break, piece by piece, the ships that no longer serve us, share bread. They wait, without knowing very well why, for a sign, an answer, a horizon where they can set their dreams ablaze. dreams. They wait, day after day, looking up to the sky, the children of the sun.

LA MERCÈ

Mercedes, a 92-year-old woman, has lived in Barcelona since she was 16, where she migrated to work. She now has dementia, and can no longer look after herself. Marta is her carer. Through Mercedes and Marta, we will learn more about the work on home care and the problems that affect the elderly, such as unwanted loneliness or mental health problems.

AMALUR PROFEZIA

Eguzki (14) discovers she can summon nature’s energy, but her strange powers only bring trouble. After a mysterious incident, she’s sent to a reeducation center, where she meets Kari (14), a tech-savvy gamer. A mischievous prakagorri (Basque house-elf) reveals Eguzki’s destiny: she must save Amalur, a mythical world ruled by Gaueko, the Lord of Darkness. Facing dragons, giants, and witches, the girls embark on an epic quest where courage and friendship may restore light to Amalur.

UNSEEN

It’s the beginning of summer, and Ane is turning 30. After blowing out the candles with her family around the table, Ane finds out that her father did not die of natural causes as her mother Carmen had told her when she was a child. This revelation changes Ane’s life. At the end of the summer, Carmen tries to reconcile with her daughter by spending the day together at the swamp.

UNFINISHED MATTER

THE FORCE

In 1936, French philosopher Simone Weil arrives in Spain to observe an unprecedented anarchist revolution. But when she sees the urgency of defeating fascism, she has to abandon her pacifist ideals and join the armed struggle against Franco. Plunged into the chaos of war, she is swept up in a thrilling, unexpected journey that takes her beyond her moral limits and makes her batray her primary goal.