Altuna’s Basque-language epic traces Karmele’s life from 1937 exile to return from Venezuela, weaving love, music and resistance. “Karmele” is positioned as one of the year’s most ambitious Basque ...

San Sebastián is where Basque cinema’s strategy plays out at scale. This year’s bumper lineup – 13 Basque world premieres and 38 total projects across features, shorts, docs and retrospectives – ...

Basque producers hope for a similar breakthrough, positioning their language not as a handicap but as a marker of distinction. Taken together, this year’s slate forms a wide canvas from exile and ...

From exile epics to pop-rock portraits, Basque filmmakers showcase resilience and range with 13 World Premieres - led by Asier Altuna’s ‘Karmele,’ José Mari Goenaga and Aitor Arregi’s ‘Maspalomas' and ...

It's break-time in Lauaxeta school and children of all ages are running, playing, jostling and chatting in its large grounds. This school, or ikastola, is a group of modern buildings set in the green, ...