NYC BASQUE FILM FESTIVAL 2019
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Celebrating the Basque Language Film Festival.
​Free admission with RSVP
first come first serve basis

 

LOCATION

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Village East Cinema

181-189 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003
One of New York's last remaining Yiddish theatre buildings, it is a New York City designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
 

FILMS

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November 11th
​18:30

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AMAMA


A family story. The conflict between the urban and the rural, between past and present, parents and children. Two opposite ways of understanding existence, and a grandmother who observes the world from the most eloquent of silences.

Language: Basque / English subtitles

Directors:  Asier Altuna
Genres: Drama
103 min
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November 12th
​​18:30

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MARGOLARIA


​This documentary begins with a conversation between singer-songwriter Mikel Urdangarin and painter Alain Urrutia. The artist offers the musician one of his works as a gift, on the sole condition that he comes by ferry to London to pick it up. The journey will soon become an incursion into the mind of every author and a journey through the process of creation.

Language: Basque /
​English subtitles

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Directors:  Oier Aranzabal
Genres: Documentary
105 min
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November 13th
​​18:30

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URTE BERRI ON AMONA


Urteberri on, Amona! is a black comedy that portrays the conflicts of a family that has to take care of Mari, a particular grandmother. 
The director shows the conflict in a humorous key, but also poses dilemmas such as fear of loneliness, loss of values, selfishness or family breakdown.


Language: Basque /
​English subtitles

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Directors:  Telmo Esnal
Genres: Dramedy
107 min
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November 14th
​18:30

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JAI ALAI BLUES


This documentary-project tells the history behind Jai Alai, how the entrepreneurs took advantage of the success the game and the gambling had provided to promote the sport that ended up being incredibly popular in the United States, Mexico, Cuba,Egypt, China,  and the Philippines to name a few.
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Language: Basque /
​English subtitles

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Directors:
  Gorka Bilbao
Genres: Documentary
99 min
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