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SUMMARY:BFS: BIDEAN JARRAITUZ / FOLLOWING THE PATH
DESCRIPTION:Join the BEO for the screening of the documentary Bidean Jarraituz / Following the Path at San Francisco’s Roxie Theater. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWATCH THE TRAILER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE FILMBingen Mendizabal\, film music composer\, was commissioned to compose the soundtrack for a documentary on the writer Bernardo Atxaga\, “Atxaga: euskaldunen barne (Atxaga: within the Basques)”. For some time now\, due to the economic crisis of 2008\, Bingen had seen that he was hardly working in the film industry. This new assignment brings him back to his memory and reminds him of his career in film and music from the 1980s to the present day in the Basque Country\, The film reviews through different testimonies the artistic maelstrom that took place and all the great names that made their way in the cinematographic and musical world\, names that put the Basque Country and its culture on the artistic map of a generation and that served as an example for the following generations. Throughout this review\, Bingen Mendizabal reflects on what success really is\, following one’s own path. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdd this event to your calendar
URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/bfs-bidean-jarraituz/
LOCATION:Roxie Theater\, 3125 16th Street\, San Francisco\, California\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025 Basque Film Series,BEO sponsored event
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SUMMARY:BFS: Haizea eta Sustraiak (The Wind and the Roots)
DESCRIPTION:Join the BEO for the screening of the documentary Haizea eta Sustraiak (The Wind and the Roots) at the San Francisco Basque Cultural Center. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*Note: The BEO has this film with English subtitles. If you are unable to join this screening in person and are interested in watching it\, please email movieclub@basqueeducational.org.ABOUT THE FILMTxiki’s life provided us with an insight into the last executions of Franquism. His life\, his history\, his friends\, and his dreams of freedom. While others bury their memory in the common pit of forgetfulness\, where light or remembrance cannot reach\, their families\, friends\, work colleagues\, and anti-Franquist activist partners tell us about the end of the dictatorship\, about their memories. These are testimonies that this lurking blanket of forgetfulness has not erased. It is a living history; it is part of our history. \n\n\n\n2008\, Directed by Joseba Iñaki Agirre Errazkin\, 85 minutes\, color\, in Euskara and Castilian with English subtitles. \n\n\n\nMORE INFORMATIONOfficial selection at the San Sebastian International Film Festival\, 2008
URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/bfs-haizea-eta-sustraiak-the-wind-and-the-roots/
LOCATION:California
CATEGORIES:2025 Basque Film Series,BEO sponsored event
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SUMMARY:BFS: Double-Header: Las Pelotaris / Hit the Wall
DESCRIPTION:TWO SHORT FILMS\, ONE EVENT\, LIVE PELOTA IMMEDIATELY AFTER\n\n\n\nLAS PELOTARIS (2:00 p.m.):\n\n\n\n‘Las pelotaris – A girls game’ is a short documentary film about women who play the Basque sport of pelota.It is a story about a group of enthusiastic women who try to make\, with enormous sacrifices\, their way of life in a sport they feel true passion for: Pelota or Jai Alai. Despite their achievements in the court and championships\, gaining recognition in a narrow universe predominantly ruled by and for men is hard for them. \n\n\n\nWATCH THE TRAILER HERE \n\n\n\nHIT THE WALL (2:30ish):\n\n\n\nA new documentary exploring the world of GAA Handball\, Hit the Wall follows our elite athletes through the highs and lows of their season\, showcasing their unrelenting pursuit of excellence and the unique mental resilience required to compete at the highest level. \n\n\n\nIn the landscape of Irish sport\, Handball is an island within an island. Once hugely popular\, it has since fallen into obscurity. Today\, the countryside is littered with abandoned alleys and crumbling old walls\, the remains of a once great game whose time would appear to have passed. Less than 10\,000 players remain. These athletes strive for immortality in a game most consider “dead”. \n\n\n\nWATCH THE TRAILER HERE \n\n\n\nLIVE PELOTA GAMES IN THE HANDBALL COURT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING:\n\n\n\nThere will be pelota games with both local players and players from the Basque Country. Free of charge. \n\n\n\nSTARTING AT 3:00 p.m.Three Basque Pelota games in three different modalities.1) Paleta goma (where players use a wooden paddle to hit a rubber ball)\,2) Grand Chistera (similar to Jai-Alai\, where players use a long\, curved wicker basket called a chistera attached to their hand to catch and throw the ball. The basket allows the ball to be thrown at very high speeds and with dramatic curves)\, and3) Basque handball (one of the oldest and most traditional forms of Basque Pelota\, where players use only their bare hands to hit a small\, hard ball against a wall). \n\n\n\nTHE AFTERS: BBQ DINNER\, RESERVATIONS REQUIRED.\n\n\n\nFinally\, if you’re interested in staying for dinner after the pelota games\, we’re going to direct you to the San Francisco Basque Cultural Center’s reservations page\, which is RIGHT HERE.
URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/bfs-las-pelotaris-a-short-film/
LOCATION:California
CATEGORIES:2025 Basque Film Series
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SUMMARY:BFS: 20\,000 SPECIES OF BEES
DESCRIPTION:Join the BEO for the screening of 20\,000 Species of Bees at San Francisco’s Landmark Opera Plaza Cinema.ABOUT THE FILMIn a small\, sleepy village in the Basque Country\, a sculptor named Ane and her three children arrive at her mother Lita’s home for summer vacation\, where they are surrounded by extended family and nosy neighbors. Ane and her mother’s relationship is strained — Lita disapproves of her daughter’s frayed marriage\, career as an artist\, and the way she parents her obstinate and mischievous children. Chief among them is eight-year-old Aitor\, nicknamed Coco after it becomes clear that being referred to by the name Aitor elicits feelings of distress in the child. Born biologically male\, neither the birth name nor the genderless nickname feels quite right\, and Ane’s concern for her child grows as Coco becomes more withdrawn. The child’s only respite lies in the Basque hills\, where Ane’s aunt Lourdes tends to the family’s beekeeping farm. Among the peaceful humming of bees and Lourdes’ open-minded guardianship\, Coco slowly begins to confide in family and friends about her discomfort in her body\, eventually voicing a desire to be treated as a girl. As Coco explores her own developing identity over the summer\, Ane and the rest of her family\, in turn\, must learn to accept the child as she is. \n\n\n\n\n\nBasque director Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren’s assured debut feature is a wonderfully sensitive work carried by the Berlinale Silver Bear winning lead performance of newcomer Sofía Otero. An authentic and heart-wrenching story of transition\, 20\,000 Species of Bees is “a landmark in the filmic discussion of gender\, sexuality\, and identity” (The Film Verdict). \n\n\n\n20\,000 SPECIES OF BEES is the heartfelt story of a family’s experience navigating the awakening and transition of their 8-year-old child. Solaguren’s bold film tackles themes of parenthood\, identity\, and gender expression\, 20\,000 SPECIES OF BEES is “an engaging\, authentic\, moving film about the way society persists in seeing monsters where there are none.” (Screen Daily) This film would be appropriate for Gender and Sexuality courses as well as Sociology programs. [www.filmmovement.com/educational/film/20-000-species-of-bees] \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n2023\, directed by Estibaliz Urresola\, 128 minutes\, in Euskara\, French & Spanish with English subtitles. \n\n\n\nMORE INFORMATION2023 – San Sebastian Internation Film Festival – 71st edition – Awarded the “Sebastiane Award” which is given to the film that best reflects the values and reality of lesbians\, gays\, bisexuals\, and transgender people. \n\n\n\nAbout the Directors: \n\n\n\nEstibaliz Urresola (Bilbao\, Bizkaia. 1984) has written\, directed and produced short films including Adri (2013)\, Los casos gramaticales (2018)\, Polvo somos (2020)\, Silver Shell for Best Actress in a Short Film at Málaga Festival\, and Cuerdas (Zabaltegi-Tabakalera\, 2022)\, screened at the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes and included in the Kimuak catalogue. She is also director of the documentary Voces de papel (ETB Screenings\, 2016). 20.000 especies de abejas / 2\,000 Species of Bees\, her first feature\, competed in Berlin\, where it won the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance (Sofía Otero). The movie also landed the Golden Biznaga for Best Spanish Film and the Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting Actress (Patricia López Arnaiz) at Málaga Festival.
URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/bfs-20000-species-of-bees/
LOCATION:Landmark Opera Plaza Cinema\, 601 Van Ness Ave\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025 Basque Film Series,BEO sponsored event
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SUMMARY:BFS: BIZKARSORO
DESCRIPTION:Join the BEO for the first screening of 2025\, held the Saturday of the San Francisco Basque Cultural Center’s annual anniversary festivities at the Basque Cultural Center.ABOUT THE FILMBizkarsoro debuted in 2023. It’s about a non-existent small town in the northern part of the Basque Country where five true stories\, based on oral testimonials and writers’ texts\, occur between 1914 and 1982. The film highlights the social changes experienced throughout the 20th century\, the deep-rooted impact of a language\, and the struggle for survival.2023\, directed by Josu Martinez\, 82 minutes\, in Euskara\, French\, German with English subtitles. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWILL YOU BE JOINING US?
URL:https://www.basqueeducational.org/event/bfs-bizkarsoro/
LOCATION:SF Basque Cultural Center\, 599 Railroad\, South San Francisco\, CA\, 94080\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025 Basque Film Series,BEO sponsored event
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