Imanol Uribe will receive the special award from the San Sebastian Film and Human Rights Festival
"Palestine 1936" will open and "Rebuilding" will close the 23rd edition of the festival.
The 23rd edition of the San Sebastian Film and Human Rights Festival will reward the prolific career of filmmaker Imanol Uribe. Next Thursday the film 'Palestine 1936' will open the festival, and 'Rebuilding' will close on April 30, an approach to those who have been sidelined by capitalism in the United States.
For eight days, the San Sebastian festival will project 27 feature films and 19 short films, which will address issues such as the situation of refugees in different parts of the world, child health, the role of women in religions, child soldiers in Africa and the strength of social mobilization.
This year's special award will be directed by Imanol Uribe (El Salvador, 1950), who will project 'Bwana', a story about immigration and racism that won the Golden Shell of the Festival in 1996, two years after winning the same award with 'Days Counted'.
The Film and Human Rights Festival has presented Uribe as "one of the great names of Basque cinema in the last 50 years" and is the author of several classic Basque films such as' The Burgos Process', 'The Escape from Segovia' and 'The Death of Mikel' (1983).
In the Official Section, they will present 'Lutxi eta Zuhaitza', a documentary by Lander Garro about ETA member Lucia Urigoitia (who died in Pasaia in 1987 in a confusing state during a Civil Guard operation), as well as' Black water 'by Navarro Natxo Leuza.
EITB will award the award for the best Basque short film.
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