Enjoying cinema 600 years later

It has been six centuries since the gypsies, the Romanians, the backpackers, the Bohemians, came to our lands, and though in fact nomadic by nature, by personality, they have settled here and become here.

Don't forget, according to recent research, that Charles Chaplin himself had gypsies in his veins. Don't forget several films by Emir Kusturica. Remember with director Tony Gatlif, born in Algeria, also Romanian.

This year marks the 600th anniversary of our presence. This year, just a few days ago, Lara Izagirre's producer and author , The GiftK  , won the award in Berlin. Berlin? Yes, nine years ago there was a meeting called Ake Dikhea .

Lara has long been in contact with the Gypsy community in Bilbao, with a serious commitment to the fine, brave women there. In April she showed inSan Sebastian  Empoderío lana, an extraordinary, brilliant, fiery film workshop with young girls from Otxarkoaga in Bilbao.

In Empowerment  we find the starting point, excuse, of El regalo, which a few days ago has been recognized in Berlin. Just as Amug repeatedly denounces the Gypsy Women's Association of the Basque Country, it is enough for you to look like a gypsy to ask the usual payo kabroi, to think you're a thief or a criminal and if you go into a store, to call the police.

This is what happens in the short of Lara and the others, played with courage by Aurora Cortés Claveria, Samara Jiménez Vega, Desirée Claveria. It's the birthday of a girl. She wants a T-shirt with a horn as a gift. They go to the center of Bilbao to buy relatives. They go into a trade you can easily see.

Well, they're going back to Otxarkoaga, where the girl has her congratulations, because there's no one to beat a gypsy woman.

This year it's 600 years since the Romanians were with us. And it's 279 years since theRaid . That's when King Fernando VI and the Marquis of Ensenada came up with the idea that gypsies and gypsies would be arrested forever.

In this regard, Pilar Tavora, an intellectual, artist, creative brand, has made a mandatory documentary called La gran redada , which is being shown at festivals and film theaters.

The third proposal, the Flores para Antonio, participated in the San Sebastian Film Festival, in which the entire creator, Antonio Flores, who was a perfect gypsy, is honoured by his relatives . He committed suicide by the brilliant musician, son of Lola Flores and brother of Lolita and Rosario.

It's been 600 years. They're still standing.