The work developed at EQZE will be widely represented at ZINEBI

The 66th ZINEBI Bilbao International Documentary and Short Film Festival (8-15 November) will feature a range of films and projects in progress by students at the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola.

Ave by Ana Cristina Barragán, Una sombra oscilante by Celeste Rojas and El tercer paisaje by Julen Etxebarria, three films that have been screened at the Toronto TIFF, FIDMarseille and the San Sebastián International Film Festival, among others, will participate in the International Short Film Competition, the ZINEBI International First Film Competition and the Bertoko begiradak section, respectively.

Four projects currently under development by Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola students from different intake years will also participate in the industry section: Y así seguirán las cosas by Marina Palacio and Correspondencias para habitar el mundo by Laura Gabay will be competing for the ZINEBI Networking EITB Prize, and Luna en Escorpio by Maria Corriàs Serra and Aizpea de Atxa Cancel will be opting for the ZINEBI Networking Prize. Piztiak by Maria Aizpurua Ayastuy, Mónica Cambra and Saioa Miguel Moreno will be featured in the Flash section, organised by (H)emen.

ZINEBI Networking encounters

On 12 November, Bilbao AS Fabrik will present an update on the EQZE research project ‘ZINEBI Collection’, which aims to cast a critical gaze over the competition, catalogue its collection and design a plan to share its contents with the general public. Two years on, the project has already identified, inspected and catalogued two thirds of the festival’s collection, which totals over 300 films in 16 and 35 mm, as well as other materials.

At the same time, the research carried out has enabled the team to document other aspects, such as the importance of diplomatic relations during the early years of the festival, the relationship between the competition and censorship organisations and the specialist press and the tension between institutions and social movements that was reflected in the films screened. The encounter will feature Ruben Corral, ZINEBI programmer, Santiago Aguilar, lead researcher on the project, and Arrate Velasco, managing director of the EQZE.

Finally, three students from the school, Paola Buontempo, programmer at FESTIFREAK, the La Plata International Indie Film Festival and the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Maui Alena, independent curator and project coordinator at the 7th Zinebi Professional Networking Forum 2024, and Louise Martin Papasian, member of the selection committee at FIDMarseille, will participate alongside Marion Czarny, director of the FIPADOC Campus, in the programmers’ encounter scheduled for 14 November.