Ikuska 3: Bilboko hiri espekulazioa

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

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 and of those who play it, not only the star performers (and the myths that surround them), but also those who just play in the streets and alleyways. The film sees the game it its cultural context and conveys the emotions and stories that are peculiar to the Basque country.

Departing from peripheral details of some paintings of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, a female narrator unravels several stories related to the economic, social and psychological conditions of past and current artists.

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.

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 is comparable to a crease in the pages of the family album, but also to a crack in the walls of the paternal house. It resembles the open wound created when drilling into a mountain, but also a scar in the collective imaginary of a society, where the idea of salvation finds its tragic destiny in the political struggle. What is at the end of that line? Will old war songs be enough to circumvent that destiny?

Ninety minutes in the Cathedral worth to live a historic moment. The temple quintessential Spanish football said goodbye in July 2013 to make way for the new stadium of the Athletic Club of Bilbao, but the essence, the color, the claw and the history of San Mames remain in the memories of their members, their supporters, of whom feel inside Atletico colors and those players who played on their turf to the sound of aupas, irrintzis, eups and alirones of the athleticzale fans. Documentary directed by journalist Unai Larrea to honor the centenary of the legendary stadium Bilbao, blend the images of the parties lived in the Cathedral interviews with over 80 people involved in the club's history, Bilbao and stage, as players the club itself Julen Guerrero, Joseba Etxeberria, 'Txopo' Iribar, Andoni Zubizarreta or Red Txetxu, Iker Casillas, Xavi Hernandez, Johann Cruyff or Juanlu-last player to score in San Mames, and coaches like Jorge Valdano, Vicente del Bosque and Luis Fernandez.

Documentary dedicated to the new Basque music.

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

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

Documentary on the rural world and the city in the Basque Country.

The situation of the Basque language in Navarra.

An ethnographic documentary which looks at the relationship between music and work in predominantly rural cultures. It depicts the lives of fisherman, shepherds and farmers and their relationship with music. The film also describes Basque ancestral instruments, with special emphasis on the origin and history of ‘bertsolarism’ (Basque verse singing) as a form of oral communication.

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

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 population of Gernika.

Study on the situation of Basque language compared to Spanish.

Donostia-San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain, 2011. Maider, a filmmaker, moves to the very same flat where pedadogist Elbira Zipitria Irastorza (1906-1982) clandestinely established the first ikastola, a Basque school, under the harsh regime of dictator Francisco Franco. Despite of her pioneering work, developed throughout thirty years, her story is not well known, so Maider, intrigued, begins to research…

Short film on the art in the Basque Country.

Analysis of the problems facing the rural world of Araba, a region of the Basque Country.

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

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