A collection of six new and three established films produced primarily by Basque people.
Ander and Umurage
Ander
(Country: Spain; Year: 2009; Director: Roberto Castón; Writer: Roberto Castón; Stars: Joxean Bengoetxa, Christian Esquivel, Mamen Rivera, Pako Revueltas, Pilar Rodriguez, Eriz Alberdi, Pedro Otaegi, Unax Martín, Leire Ucha)
When a rural farmer injures himself he develops an unlikely friendship with the farmhand he hires to help.
Checkpoint Rock
(Country: Spain; Year: 2008; Director: Fermín Muguruza, Javier Corcuera)
A diverse group of musicians travel around the villages - and checkpoints - of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Life And Film (The Labyrinthine Biographies Of Vojtech Jasny)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2009; Director: Arkaitz Basterra Zalbide; Writer: Arkaitz Basterra Zalbide; Stars: Vojtech Jasny, Rock Demers, Milos Forman, René Böll, Josef Slimácek, Robert Lantz)
The successful Czech filmmaker looks back at his life and the historic events he lived through via a series of conversations with old friends and acquaintances.
La Máquina De Pintar Nubes
(Country: Spain; Year: 2008; Director: Aitor Mazo, Patxo Tellería; Writer: Aitor Mazo; Stars: Aitor Mazo, Gracia Olayo, Bingen Elortza, Lander Otaola, Santi Ugalde)
A teenager living in a rough working class area discovers a love of painting.
Rough Winds
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Andrea Olabarría; Writer: Andrea Olabarría, Doug Klozzner; Stars: Danna Maret, John Lovino, Jessica Brydon, Albert Campillo),
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The troubled lives of three teenagers become entangled to devastating effect.
Rough Winds and The Sea's Daughter
The Sea's Daughter (Itsasoaren Alaba)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2009; Director: José Martínez)
A young woman researches the story of her refugee father, who was killed when she was an infant.
Tales From The Kitchen (Sukalde Kontuak)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2009; Director: Aitzpea Goenaga; Writer: Aitzpea Goenaga; Stars: Isidoro Fernández, Mikel Losada, Aitziber Garmendia, Roberto Alonso, Lander Otaola),
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A group of final year culinary students cause chaos for a stressed head chef intent on discovering the cause of a terrible smell.
Umurage
(Country: Spain; Year: 2009; Director: Gorka Gamarra Gaztañaga)
Survivors and assailants tell their stories in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide.
Zuzendu, Mesedez! (Action, Please!)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2009; Director: Juan Miguel Gutiérrez)
A documentary about the Basque artist and filmmaker Juanjo Franco Zabalegi.
