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Kinu. Tractora Koop. E. Azkuna Zentroa Resident Collectives programme
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8 Encounters. Laida Lertxundi. Azkuna Zentroa Associated Artist 2021-2022
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Donostia Zinemaldia Azkuna Zentroan
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FANT. Bilbao Fantastic Film Festival
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Zinemagileen artean. 10th Film Caravan by Women
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Invisible Film. 13th International Invisible Film Festival ‘Film Sozialak’ Bilbao 2021
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Zinemakumeak gara! Film festival produced by Women
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ZINEBI. 63rd Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Film
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Films at Mediateka BBK
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Films in Bilbao. Programme in other spaces
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Azkuna Zentroa, the film spot in Bilbao El Films are one of the expressions which reign in our mission to connect society to contemporary culture fostering critical knowledge and diversity. This art form has historically contributed to the education, construction and expansion of innumerable spectators and, in the midst of the 21st century, is undergoing a transformation process. Azkuna Zentroa is observing what is going on during this new period and responding to the communities of audiences’ demands with new proposals that may be attractive, enriching and interesting. Today, this response has been articulated in Azkuna Zentroa´s own programme by seeking to contextualise contemporary audio-visual expressions in the History of Film, thereby continuing as the HQ of Bilbao Zinemateka since it opened to the public, with over 60,000 spectators to date. Thanks to its long history and programming of in-depth cycles dedicated to the screening of non-commercial films in Bilbao, it has become the most well-known public institution for film buffs throughout Bizkaia. The box office success with its 50 Gems in the History of Film programme, with over 8,000 spectators (showing films by Fellini, Varda, Lubitsch, Riefenstahl, Godard, Bergman and Lupino), by no means overshadows its history, where film buffs have been able to enjoy large retrospectives dedicated to unforgettable stars, such as Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Theo Angelopoulos and Dorothy Arzner, among many others. In its commitment to contemporary audiovisual, Azkuna Zentroa also holds onto its event with BIdeOtik. Attending to other audiovisual narratives. This programme aims to create awareness of both the local and international artistic audiovisual community and their works as a social creation, reflection and transformation tool.
The audiovisual is also the source of projects undertaken in the Centre via artistic creation accompaniment programmes, such as Kinu, driven by the Tractora cooperative as part of Azkuna Zentroa´s Resident Collective programme, or the presence of associated artist Laida Lertxundi during 2021. She will start working this year on the project Ocho Encuentros to stimulate the setup of a productive artistic community with a view to creating new audiovisual materials. The Golem Alhóndiga multiplex cinemas are one of the strengths of our Centre in cinematographic screening. The operator specialised in film screening, distribution and production not only attracts spectators to commercial premieres but also those from different film productions worldwide. The way Golem Multiplex Cinema Alhóngida understands cinema is on a par with Azkuna Zentroa´s strategy, committed to and based on their vocation of holding a meeting with the public. It broaches film culture in its widest sense beyond the industry trends, working in conjunction with local and international specialists in the medium, who follow different career paths. Thanks to this collaboration, we undertake stable programmes on classic and contemporary films, premieres, festivals, thematic cycles as well as the most avant-garde audiovisual narrative programme.
Gaylesbotrans Film & Performing Arts Festival. This programme section also contributes to the complicity of external cultural agents like the San Sebastian International Film Festival, with which ties have been strengthened to support the Centre artistic collective in the awareness and development of their projects. Via this audiovisual programme, which has been running for 10 years, the aim has been to respond to the essential goals of the Centre, i.e. to create and strengthen a stable community as the main tool to both attract and involve new publics, besides retaining and rewarding those who have been loyal; and to bring the audiovisual creation processes closer to them via a programme aimed at going beyond the screen projection. To this end, the collaboration of as many cultural promotion agents as possible in the city is required. It is also vital to generate programmes as a starting point for the production of new audiovisual works, and to propose and keep a programming connected to the contemporariness of today’s society’s realities, which must compulsorily be included in each of the different Azkuna Zentroa programme lines through their ‘reciprocal contamination’.
Apart from the offer screened and promoted in the audiovisual sphere, the Centre clearly stands out as the great film mecca of Bilbao, a reference point for the communities of audiences as well as a meeting point for creators and visitors all year round. The city’s main film festivals are screened here: ZINEBI. Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Film; FANT. Bilbao Fantastic Film Festival organised by the Bilbao City Council; Zinemakumeak Gara! Film festival produced by women; the Bilbao International Invisible Film Festival ‘Film Sozialak’ (likewise the Film Caravan produced by women ‘Among Filmmakers’); and Zinegoak. Bilbao International
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2021 CALENDAR Zinemateka Programming of classic and contemporary film cycles throughout the year.
Kinu
BIdeOtik
Attending to other Audiovisual narratives
Del 9th February to 16th March 2021
8 Encounters
Tractora Koop. E.
Azkuna Zentroa Resident Collectives programme 2021
Donostia Zinemaldia
27th September to 3rd October 2021
Laida Lertxundi
Azkuna Zentroa Associated Artist 2021-2022 2021 - 2022
Zinegoak
Bilbao International Gaylesbotrans Film & Performing Arts Festival 1st to 14th March 2021
FANT
Zinemagileen artean
7th to 14th May 2021
31st May to 4th June 2021
Invisible Film
Zinemakumeak gara!
Bilbao Fantastic Film Festival
13th International Invisible Film Festival ‘Film Sozialak’ Bilbao 2021
10th Film Caravan by Women
Film festival produced by Women 2nd fortnight in October 2021
14th to 21st October 2021
Zinebi
63rd Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Film 12th to 19th November 2021
Golem Multiplex Cinema Alhóndiga Programme all year round
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Zinemateka Pier Paolo Pasolini. La poesía hecha cine 13th January to 18th March
Pier Paolo Pasolini.
a. Luis García Berlang
Nazionale. ©1975-CSC-Cineteca
Luis García Berlanga 14th April to 17th June
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For a decade, Azkuna Zentroa´s Zinemateka has maintained a stable programme that serves both classical cinema and more contemporary creations. This is an audio-visual programme environment that furthers the knowledge of the cinematographic and audio-visual language from works which are outside the commercial genre and market. Throughout the years, and carrying on with the work started three decades ago in the city, the Zinemateka has gone through the filmography of prominent film directors such as John Ford, Pedro Almodóvar, Dorothy Arzner, Michelangelo, Joan Fontaine, Buster Keaton, Roberto Rosellini, Christine Vachon or Richard Fleischer.
Description Programming of film cycles linked to contemporary reality and classic film films.
More information azkunazentroa.eus
Following the 50 gems in the history of cinema cycle, a transversal review of the best creations of recent years, the Zinemateka brings the focus onto auteur creations by means of a selection of the filmography of eminent directors in the history of film. And it does so with the cycle dedicated to Pier Paolo Pasolini (Bologna, 1922 - Ostia, 1975), one of the most relevant film directors and poets of the second half of the twentieth century. And with the retrospective on a key figure in Spanish cinema, Luis García Berlanga (Valencia, 1921 - Madrid, 2010), coinciding with the centenary of his birth.
ZINEMATEKA BEGINS IN 2021 WITH THE PROGRAMME DEDICATED TO PIER PAOLO PASOLINI, PROPOSES AN ODYSSEY OF THE MOST SIGNATURE TITLES OF HIS EXTENSIVE FILM PRODUCTION, SCREENED IN 35 MM; AND AND CONTINUES WITH LUIS GARCÍA BERLANGA IN COMMEMORATION OF THE CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF THE VALENCIAN FILMMAKER.
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BIdeOtik
Attending to other Audiovisual narratives 9th February to 16th March 2021
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BIdeOtik. Attending to other audiovisual narratives meets some of the elements comprising today’s reality. It addresses the audiovisual essays, documentaries, animated shorts and debut works proposed by 17 creators, chosen from an open call and a curated process, who suggest other perspectives related to what we live individually and as a society. The aim of BIdeOtik is to raise awareness of cultural and artistic audiovisual creation as a social creation, reflection and transformation tool, fostering the use of new languages via moving images and digital art.
Description Documentary feature-lengths & shorts programme.
More information azkunazentroa.eus filmin.es
The current time of adaptation and transformation has led to the inclusion of online sessions via the Filmin platform, in addition to the face-to-face ones. This new BIdeOtik channel enables the expansion of the process in space and time, while adding new communities of audiences to this avant-garde audiovisual art. Thus, every Tuesday Golem Alhóndiga Multiplex Cinemas launch a new session, where the screenings on this online channel will be available for 6 days. The films comprising the 2021 programme were chosen from over 250 films presented at the open call between 15th June and 31st October 2020 via the Festhome platform.
BIDEOTIK. ATTENDING TO OTHER AUDIOVISUAL NARRATIVES RAISES AWARENESS OF CULTURAL ARTISTIC AUDIOVISUAL CREATION AS A SOCIAL CREATION, REFLECTION AND TRANSFORMATION TOOL, BY USING NEW LANGUAGES VIA MOVING IMAGES
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Kinu
Tractora Koop. E.
Azkuna Zentroa Resident Collectives programme.
. Sabine Presentation Kinu#3
Groenewegen
Quarterly programming KINU#4: Andrés Duque From 17 to 25 April, 2021
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Kinu is the project that Tractora Koop. E. launches within the Resident Collectives Program in Azkuna Zentroa. It is a tool for sharing creative experiences and, through them, opening fertile spaces for the production and training of local agents. For this, an artist is invited quarterly. The project consists of two parts: a public presentation and a working group (Lantaldea). The quarterly sessions begin with the screening and public presentation of the guest artist’s work, followed by a small discussion. After each public presentation, there is a session directed by the artist together with a stable working group (Lantaldea), whose dynamics are tailored to each guest.
Description Quarterly meetings to see and discuss audiovisual productions by artists.
More information kinu.group kinulantaldea@gmail.com @kinu_lantaldea
Finally, the project is completed with a text (Distirak), prepared by a person from the working group, in which the experience of each Lantaldea is collected. Tractora Koop. E. is an artists’ co-operative founded in 2013. Usue Arrieta and Ainara Elgoibar develop the Kinu since 2019, conceived as a platform for programming, viewing and discussing audiovisual productions by artists; a quarterly meeting point in which an artist is invited to present his/her work and share with him/her a workshop to reflect as a group on that type of practice and its specificities.
KINU AIMS TO BE A PLATFORM FOR PROGRAMMING, VIEWING AND DEBATING ON ARTISTS’ AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTIONS. IT IS A QUARTERLY MEETING POINT THAT INVITES AN ARTIST TO EXHIBIT HIS/HER WORK AND SHARE IT IN A WORK SESSION FOR A GROUP REFLECTION ON THIS KIND OF PRACTICE AND IT SPECIFICITIES.
Kinu’ is developed in collaboration with the Department of Culture and Linguistic Policy of the Basque Government.
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8 Encounters Laida Lertxundi
Azkuna Zentroa Associated Artist 2021-2022
Laida Lertxundi
2021 - 2022
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Laida Lertxundi, an AZ associated artist since January 2021, launches her project 8 Encounters, a project that consists of eight collaborative workshops and shootings that will result in a 16 mm work. Each encounter is made up of two parts: the first of them consists of a workshop that will be held with a guest artist and will take place in Azkuna Zentroa’s spaces. The second part will take place in the mountains of Bizkaia. These shootings will incorporate scores and exercises composed by a variety of artists and writers, in an attempt to rethink the ‘making of the film’ as a joint performance within a natural environment, as well as a pedagogical experiment outside the confines of academic institutions.
Description Cycle of eight workshops on contemporary audiovisual creation.
More information azkunazentroa.eus
Each of the eight summits will consider a specific process within the phases of traditional film production (location, interpretation, script, soundtrack, production, camera, lighting and editing), resignifying them to transform them into a specific set of ideas and parameters with which to create a work of moving pictures. The material results of these 8 Encounters will then be conbined to create a 16mmm film. Laida Lertxundi. An artist and filmmaker who lives and works between Los Angeles and the Basque Country. Combining conceptual rigor with sensual pleasure, her films establish parallels between the earth and the body as centers of pleasure and experience. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries such as MoMa (NY); Tate Modern and Whitechapel Gallery (London); Angela Mewes (Berlin); Joan and Human Resources (Los Ángeles); Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín (Colombia) and the Bienal de La Habana, among others.
Her work is distributed by LUX in London and is part of the collection of the Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. In 2020 she received the Gure Artea award for Basque art.
COMBINING CONCEPTUAL RIGOUR WITH SENSUAL PLEASURE, LAIDA LERTXUNDI’S FILMS ESTABLISH SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE BODY AS CENTRES OF PLEASURE AND EXPERIENCE
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Donostia Zinemaldia Azkuna Zentroan
at Azkuna Zentroa Donostia Zinemaldia
27th September to 3rd October 2021
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As part of its film and audiovisual programme, Azkuna Zentroa screens a selection of films which took part in Zinemaldia, but were not premiered in the State. This annual event, which takes place during the first week of October, includes a small sample of the large amount of films screened at this Donostia Festival. This sample comprises some of the works presented in the Official, New Directors, Perlak and Zabaltegi Sections. 7 films with different themes, origins and awards, will be screened in Bilbao for the Azkuna Zentroa Zinemaldia week, alongside the Centre´s current film programme, which contemplates both their historical dimension via the Zinemateka, and international and contemporary audiovisual production.
Description A selection of films premiered at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
More information sansebastianfestival.com/es @zinebifilmfest @ZinebiFEST @zinebifestival Zinebi Bilbao
DONOSTIA ZINEMALDIA AZKUNA ZENTROAN SCREENS A SMALL SELECTION OF THE LARGE AMOUNT OF FILMS PREMIERED AT THIS FILM FESTIVAL. THESE FILMS WERE PRESENTED IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS AND REFLECT TODAY’S FILM SCENE.
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Zinegoak
Bilbao International Gaylesbotrans Film & Performing Arts Festival
Goñi . Photography: Helena Image of the festival
1st to 14th March 2021
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Zinegoak, the Bilbao International Gaylesbotrans Film & Performing Arts Festival, was founded in 2004 as an awareness tool through culture, film and performing arts.
Description A benchmark Basque International LGTB+ Film Festival and a compulsory event on the International Festival circuit of queer films.
This annual event is usually held in Bilbao and in a large number of Basque towns, and has become an international LGTB festival reference. Zinegoak screens over 100 stage and audiovisual works (feature-length, shorts, documentaries, etc.), many of which have received awards in international competitions.
Calendar
This year’s slogan Sin género de duda (Without a Gender of Doubt) is a pun referring to two different ideas. On the one hand, it refers to the commitment to holding this year’s edition, which will adjust to the current Covid-19 safety restrictions. To this end, the Festival has joined forces with Filmin, where viewers will be able to enjoy the Festival sections as well as other special cycles. And, on the other hand, the slogan responds to the official poster created by artist Helena Goñi, where the photograph shows 4 young people with dyed green hair in varying degrees of intensity, helping create awareness for an entire generation who lives its gender identity in a natural way.
CALL: June 2021 CLOSURE: November 2021
More information zinegoak.com CONTACT PERSON: Pedro Andrade +34 944 156 258 @zinegoak.festival @Zinegoak
It is a generational portrait that shows in a natural and friendly manner that all the work that has been going on in recent years regarding sexual diversity awareness and education, is being accepted in our society in an organic way and is becoming embodied in younger generations. Matters like ‘non-binary person’, ‘gender-neutral’ or ‘fluid-gender’, among others, are a reality we are already living with. And it is not necessary to know what each term means exactly, but rather that gender identity limits have expanded and all options are valid.
Partners and acknowledgments:
Organizer:
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FANT
Bilbao Fantastic Film Festival
Alhóndiga Gala at Cines Gólem FANT 2020. Closing
7th to 14th May 2021
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FANT, the Bilbao Fantastic Film Festival organised by the Bilbao City Council, shows the talent and creativity of directors worldwide, every year. Throughout its 25 editions FANT has upheld its main hallmarks, i.e. commitment to independent fantastic films and new authors, likewise its interest in the new languages and trends of contemporary film. The Festival continues to give its awards for feature films and shorts, likewise the Fantrobia Award, granted each edition to the person who has most represented an emerging value in the fantastic film genre in recent years. The following talents have attended the Festival, either as members of the Bilbao FANT International Jury, as invited guests, or to receive the ‘FANT de Honor’ award: Park Chan-Wook, Joe Dante, Fred Dekker, Juan Antonio Bayona, Barbara Crampton, Matthew Robins, Fiona O’Shaughnessy, Laurence R. Harvey, Dominique Pinon, Koldo Serra, Eduardo Casanova, Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Desiree de Féz, Ana de Armas, Marta Milans, Macarena Gomez and Álex Angulo.
Description FANT – Bilbao Fantastic Film Festival. Calendar CALL: 30th November 2020 CLOSURE: 21st February 2021
More information fantbilbao.eus CONTACT PERSON: Amaia Aguirrezabal @fantbilbao @FANTBilbao @FantBilbao Fant Bilbao
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Zinemagileen artean
10th Film Caravan by Women
0 emagileen artean’ 202 Poster fragment ‘Zin
31st May to 4th June 2021
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The Film Caravan produced by Women ‘Zinemagileen artean’ (Among film-makers) is an itinerant festival organised by the Egyptian production company Klaketa Árabe and Kultura Communication y Desarrollo KCD ONGD. Egyptian film-maker Amal Ramsis launched this initiative in 2008, which has been organised in Bilbao via KCD ONGD since 2012. It came about with a view to generating meeting points between Arabian and other cultures, raising awareness of female Social Cinema film-makers, and creating collaboration networks among film-makers. Since it began, the Caravana has visited over 20 countries, It is part of the communication process for Social Transformation carried out by Klaketa Árabe and KCD ONGD aimed at driving equality and interculturalism via communication, not only in Arab countries, but also in other parts of the world. Any online screenings will be available on the filmsozialakstreaming.org
Organizer:
Description Itinerant Film Festival produced by Women.
More information kcd-ongd.org CONTACT: info@kcd-ongd.org @kcdongd @KCDONGD @CineInvisibleBilbao @kcd.ongd KCD ONGD
Partners and acknowledgments:
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Invisible Film
13th International Invisible Film Festival ‘Film Sozialak’ Bilbao 2021
Zentroa. ialak’ 2020. Azkuna Closing gala ‘Film Soz
14th to 21st October 2021
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The Bilbao International Invisible Film Festival ‘Film Sozialak’ is much more than just a film festival. It is a highly special tool to foster more inclusive equal and sustainable societies. Its magic and dissemination capacity have a great impact on the audience. The Invisible fosters debates on sustainable development, gender equality, inter-culturalism, human rights, migrations, sexual and functional diversities, etc., through its screenings. Since its beginnings, the Bilbao International Invisible Film Festival ‘Film Sozialak’ has applied equal representation quotas and positive actions for equality between men and women. To facilitate this reconciliation, the Invisible was a pioneer in setting up crèches for film-makers and audience of any gender attending the Festival. Since 2015, ‘Film Sozialak’ has also been committed to Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and its 17 Goals set by the UN.
Description International Festival committed to Equal Sustainable Intercultural Human Development.
Calendar CALL: 1st January 2021 CLOSURE: 1st May 2021
More information kcd-ongd.org CONTACT: info@kcd-ongd.org @kcdongd @KCDONGD @CineInvisibleBilbao @kcd.ongd KCD ONGD
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Zinemakumeak gara! Film festival produced by Women
troa. a! 2020. Azkuna Zen Zinemakumeak Gar
2nd fortnight in October 2021
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The Zinemakumeak gara! Film Festival, produced by women, is aimed at raising awareness of film and audiovisual creations made by women, thereby contributing to the equal presence of men and women in the audiovisual medium. It also upholds the commitment focused on favouring and encouraging the dedication of women in general, and young women in particular, to produce audiovisual culture. To this effect, Xprest! shorts festival was founded, a space open to creations by women from a plurality of aesthetic and thematic perspectives.
Description Film festival produced by women.
More information zinemakumeak.com CONTACT PERSON: Ana Gutiérrez info@zinemakumeak.com info@zinemakumeak.com @ZinemakumeakG @zinemakumeakgara Zinemakumeak gara!
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ZINEBI
63rd Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Film
on ZINEBI 62. Presentati
s at Azkuna Zentroa of Basque short film
12th to 19th November 2021
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ZINEBI, the Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Film organised by the Bilbao City Council yearly exhibits at Azkuna Zentroa the creativity and talent of directors from the 5 continents. ZINEBI, the only international Class A festival in the Spanish State in the speciality of documentary and short film, is accredited by the Academy of Hollywood as a member of the Oscars short film selection board for their official awards. It also qualifies for the UK BAFTA Awards and the Spanish Film Academy Goya Awards. As of this 2021 edition, it will be the only state film festival to choose a short film candidate for the European Film Awards, annually awarded by the European Film Academy (EFA). Throughout its 62 editions, ZINEBI has upheld its main hallmarks of identity, i.e. commitment to independent films and new authors, likewise its interest in the new languages and trends of contemporary films. The following film-makers came to Bilbao either as members of the ZINEBI International Jury, as invited guests, or to receive the ‘Mikeldi de Honor’ award: Richard Lester, Jane Birkin, Arturo Ripstein, Anna Karina, Hirokazu Kore-Eda, Wang Bing, Claire Simon, Vanessa Redgrave, Hanna Schygulla, Jeanne Moreau, Jean Rouch and Ennio Morricone.
Organizers:
Description Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Film.
Calendar CALL: 15th March 2021 CLOSURE: 25th July 2021
More information zinebi.eus CONTACT PERSON: Inés Intxausti @zinebifilmfest @ZinebiFEST @zinebifestival Zinebi Bilbao
Patrocinadores:
Partners:
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Golem Multiplex Cinema Alhóndiga Programme all year round
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Azkuna Zentroa is the audiovisual and film culture reference space in Bilbao. Golem, a specialist in film distribution, exhibition and production, not only brings commercial premieres but also different film productions from around the world for spectators.
More information golem.es/golem/golem-alhondiga
The 7 multiplex cinema halls (1,245 seats), plus the Auditorium (400 seats), are equipped with cutting-edge technology in terms of image, sound and comfort. The way Golem Multiplex Cinema Alhóngida understands cinema is on a par with Azkuna Zentroa´s strategy, committed to and based on its vocation of holding a meeting with the public. It broaches film culture in its widest sense beyond the industry trends, working in conjunction with local and international specialists in the medium, who follow different career paths. Thanks to this collaboration, it undertakes stable programmes on classic and contemporary films, premieres, festivals, thematic cycles, an avant-garde audiovisual narrative programme, etc. Golem Alhóndiga is the HQ of other film competitions held in Bilbao, such as Zinexit – Basque Film & Human rights Festival. This Festival, organised by the Basque Government Directorate of Human Rights & Victims, reaches its 11th edition consolidated in its purpose, i.e. to propitiate a space for critical debate and reflection revolving around the great challenges facing human rights via audiovisual creation. Klima Fest, the film & climate change festival organised by the Basque Government Environment Department and Ihobe Environment Management Public Company, is also held in this cinema halls. Likewise, the Laboral Kutxa Bilbao Surf Film Festival, a leisure & educational multidisciplinary event revolving around surf, whose aim is to promote the film universe of this sport, is held therein.
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Films at Mediateka BBK Film creation is one of the pillars of the Mediateka BBK collection, with over 4,500 titles among films and TV series. In the selection of this archive, priority is given to classic and Art House cinema, particularly in relation to the directors and creators Zinemateka dedicates its annual programme to. Mediateka BBK´s aim is to offer the most complete filmography possible, likewise extensive references to complement the programme of screenings.
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Films in Bilbao
Programme in other spaces This entire proposal of festivals and competitions is complemented by the stable programme offered in other spaces throughout the city and with bodies which foster this film encounter for decades. Such is the case of “Films at the Museum” at Bilbao Fine Arts Museum; Art House Zinema programmes at Bilbao Arte; classic film programmes or Zinecitta, the BBK Hall Italian film cycle; or the legendary Cine Club Fas proposal.
More information museobilbao.com bilbaoarte.org salabbk.bbk.eus cineclubfas.com
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