918 NIGHTS
Spain 2021 – Director: Arantza Santesteban – Original language: Basque – Subtitles: English, Spanish – Length: 65 min.
In 2007, the director was sentenced to prison for her political activism. In the Basque country, something like this shapes your identity for life. Details, smells, encounters – like under a magnifying glass, time passes her by. But she doesn’t want to be subsumed by it. Rather, she wants to know who she really is. Elena Álvarez Lutz
We present the German premiere of the film.
No youth rating
Arantza Santesteban Perez
Born in Irún/Pamplona, she first studied history, then documentary film and made several short films dealing with political conflicts, feminism and their cinematic representation.
Filmography
GORPUTZ_GRAFIAK, ES 2015, 22 min. – with Maddi Barber
EURITAN, ES 2017, 20 min. – with Irati Gorostidi
DOK.guest Spain
The guest region series takes a look at Spain, our unknown neighbor to the southwest. In a total of five films, we experience surprising and illuminating interior views of Spanish society today, the light and dark sides of Spanish reality – Sol Y Sombra.
This project was made possible through the support of Acción Cultural Española (AC/E).
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English/Original Title: 918 GAU. Camera: Maddi Barber. Sound: Alazne Ameztoy. Editing: Mariona Solé. Production: Hiruki Filmak and Txintxua Films. Producer: Marina Lamerio and Marian Fernández Pascal. International Sales: Begin Again Films. Distribution: Begin Again Films.
