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Z365" or "Festival all year round" is the new strategic point of the Festival in which converge investigation, accompaniment and development of new talents (Ikusmira Berriak, Nest); training and cinematic knowledge transfer (Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, Zinemaldia + Plus, Filmmakers' dialogue); and investigation, disclosure and cinematic thought (Z70 project, Thought and Discussion and Research and publications).
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The Zinemira Award, presented at the Basque Cinema Gala, is an honorary accolade bestowed by the San Sebastian Festival and the EPE-IBAIA producers’ association to the career of an outstanding person, programme or institution of Basque cinema. Former recipients of this recognition of their careers are Imanol Uribe (2009), Álex Angulo (2010), Elías Querejeta (2011), Michel Gaztambide (2012), Juanba Berasategi (2013), Pedro Olea (2014), Karmele Soler (2015), Ramón Barea (2016), Julia Juaniz (2017), Ramón Agirre (2018), Jose María Txepe Lara (2019), Sara Bilbatua (2020), the Kimuak programme (2021), Txema Areizaga (2022) and Paco Sagarzazu (2023). This year, the Festival and the EPE-IBAIA producers’ association have decided to pay tribute to the actress Elena Irureta.
Actress, screenwriter and director Elena Irureta (Zumaia, 1955) graduated with the first group of students to study at the Antzerti School of Dramatic Art in San Sebastian. Her earlier works were related to the theatre, to plays like Arlequino servidor de dos amos and Los Troyanas, and to the birth of ETB, the Basque public television network, in series including Bi eta bat and Jaun ta Jabe. Her longest stint on television, running for eleven seasons, from 1999 to 2009, was the series El comisario.
In the cinema she has worked on more than thirty films with moviemakers such as Juanma Bajo Ulloa (in La madre muerta / The Dead Mother and Airbag), Julio Medem (La ardilla roja / The Red Squirrel), Daniel Calparsoro (A ciegas), Ramon Barea in both full-length (Pecata minuta) and short films (Adiós, Toby, adiós) and on three occasions with Iciar Bollain: Hola, ¿estás sola? / Hi, Are You Alone?, Flores de otro mundo / Flowers From Another World and Te doy mis ojos / Take My Eyes. She has also appeared in some of the biggest movies filmed in the Basque language, such as Aupa Etxebeste!, Zorion Perfektua, Urte berri on, amona, Igelak and Agur Etxebeste! Her part as Bittori in the series Patria, created by Aitor Gabilondo, where she once again performed alongside her colleague in Bi eta bat, Ane Gabarain, bagged her the Platino, José María Forque and Feroz Awards.
Irureta is not only an actor. She has also made a foray into writing, such as in the play Ama, begira ezazu with Kontxu Odriozola, having also created and directed the television series Hau da A.U. and Beni eta Marini with Aizpea Goenaga.
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