The Basque audiovisual sector is beginning to work on the possibility of setting up its own film academy
Director Paul Urkijo, during the shooting of the film 'Night'.
The Basque audiovisual sectorrecognizes that they are working on the possibility of setting up a film academy , for which they will launch a process of reflection. They want to initiate an "open and sincere dialogue" among experts in the sector on "the possibility of building a film academy collectively in the future." They also have an appointment: they will meet on 23 Aprilfor internal work and the meeting will be "closed and fully professional." For the time being, there is no "established academy or formally defined project."
In view of the information provided by various media on the subject, representatives of the Basque audiovisual sector have today issued these clarifications in a note, acknowledging that they have on the table the possibility of setting up an academy of their own, but specifying that they are still "at the beginning "of the road. There is nothing defined, but" a shared willto meet, to listen to each other, to contrast sensitivities and to assess whether this path should be taken ".
They wanted to make it clear that they want to do it discreetly , and consider it "essential" to reflect "without external intervention "in an area of" trust and freedom. "" What corresponds to this initial phase. "Therefore, the media have asked them to" respectthe times and the private nature of the days. "They believe that it is necessary to" protect "the first steps because external dynamics can" condition "the development of the process.
The sector is aware of the "public interest" that the initiative may generate and has promised that, after the meetings on the 23rd, it will share the decisions it has worked on and made.
You might like
Orlando Bloom, Marion Cotillard and Jeremy Irons attend the Film Festival
In addition to Wener Herzog and Naomi Watts, creditors of the Donostia Prize, Brad Pitt, Noemie Merlant, Martin McDonagh, Cristian Mungiu, Pawel Pawlikowski and Ira Sachs, the head of the official jury, among others, will arrive in San Sebastian.
Classics The festival section will redeem El Desencanto and Ander and Yul
The festival will feature feature films by Milos Forman, Pere Portabella, Jacques Tati, Fernando Trueba, Agnes Varda and José Giovanni, and the festival will award the best music for the first time.
"Six Months in the Pink Blue Building" wins the Sebastiane Latino Award
The lesbian, gay, bisexual trans and intersex association of the Basque Country has awarded the award to the feature film of the Mexican screenwriter and director Brumo Santamaría Razo.
Naomi Watts receives the Donostia Film Festival Award
Watts joins German director, screenwriter, producer and actor Werner Herzog on the 74th edition Donostia Awards winning list.
Actor Jose Ramon Soroiz will receive this year's Zinemira Award
The Festival and EPE-IBAIA will pay tribute to actor José Ramón Soroiz at the Grand Basque Film Gala to be held at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre on 22 September.
Outstanding Basque film films at the Film Festival
A total of 31 Basque productions will participate in the various sections of the 74 edition of the Festival, 19 of which will compete for the Irizar Prize for Basque Cinema.
First images of 'The Last Farewell': We released the trailer for Koldo Almandoz's new film
The existentialist drama filmed in Basque focuses on life and death, combining irony, tenderness and humor. The protagonists are Iñigo Azpitarte and Izaro Nieto, owner of a civil funeral company and a young man who practices in it. 'The last farewell' will be presented in the Official Section of the Festival, within the Special Screenings, and is the third feature film by Koldo Almandoz, after Sipo Phantasma and Oreina.
The Basque Terror, beyond the Film Festival
This text has been automatically translated, it may contain errors or inaccuracies.
Culinary Cinema will feature four world premieres and travel to kitchens in Andalusia, Mallorca and Japan
Tickets for movies and dinners will be on sale this Friday, August 28, at 10 a.m., through the usual channels.
The Festival premieres "Subijana, beyond a mustache", a work that brings us closer to the life and fires of the culinary master
The new non-fiction work by Jorge Fernández Mayoral and Jesús Javier Ruiz Aquerreta will be presented at the San Sebastián Film Festival, within the Culinary Zinema section. Under the title Subijana, beyond a mustache, the film offers an intimate and personal account of the Guipuzcoano cook Pedro Subijana, a key figure in the great transformation and modernization of our gastronomy and a portrait of one of the main drivers of the New Basque Cuisine.