Festival du Cinéma Espagnol de Nantes 2025: Fenêtre Basque

In its 24th year running, the Festival du Cinéma Espagnol de Nantes will include an extensive programme of Basque films. The Fenêtre Basque (Basque Window) section, promoted by the Etxepare Basque Institute, will offer a selection of the year’s most notable Basque productions, as well as films by outstanding Basque filmmakers.

This year a total of 17 Basque productions will be screened from 21 to 29 March: nine feature films, seven short films from the 2024 Kimuak collection, and a miniseries. Two of these films will also compete as part of the official selection.

FENÊTRE BASQUE 2025

Official selection, in competition:

• ‘Marco, l’enigme d’une vie’ (Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño, 2024)
• ‘Azken Erromantikoak’ (David Perez Sañudo, 2024)

Best Documentary:

• ‘Chaplin, espíritu gitano’ (Carmen Chaplin, 2024)
• ‘Los Williams’ (Raúl de la Fuente, 2024)

Films:

• ‘Erreplika’ (Pello Gutiérrez, 2024)
• ‘Tratamos demasiado bien a las mujeres’ (Clara Bilbao, 2024)
• ‘Irati’ (Paul Urkijo, 2022)
• ‘Tasio’ (Montxo Armendáriz, 1984)
• ‘Los aitas’ (Borja Cobeaga, 2025)

Kimuak 2024:

• ‘Etorriko da’ (Izibene Oñederra)
• ‘Todo lo cubre la sal’ (Joana Moya)
• ‘Exergo’ (Jorge Moneo)
• ‘Dinosaurioak’ (Koldo Almandoz)
• ‘Utländsk’ (Alba Lozano)
• ‘Patrimonio’ (Aitor Abio)
• ‘Errotatiba’ (Iratxe Fresneda)

Other basque productions:

• ‘Querer’ (Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, 2024)

As part of the programme, Joxean Fernández, director of the Basque Film Archive and member of the San Sebastián Film Festival Management Committee, will present the new edition of the book ‘Basque Zinema’. This is an updated edition of the book originally published in 2012 as part of the ‘Basque’ collection by the Etxepare Basque Institute.