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variety.com“Blue Files” (“Karpeta Urdinak”, Ander Iriarte, Spain-France) Iriarte directs a doc investigating his father’s potential torture while in police custody.
The investigations take the doc deeper into findings from Basque’s “Research project on torture and ill-treatment in the Basque Country between 1960-2014.” Produced by Gastibeltza, Filmak, and Iriarte’s own Mirokutana. “Bi Arnas,” (Jon Mikel Fernandez Elorz, Spain) A debut documentary from Basque journalist and teacher Elorz.
Bi Arnas, meaning “two breaths,” features mother Maria Nieves Diaz and her daughter, Iratxe Sorzabal, who was a former head of ETA.
It explores the alleged use of torture of Sorzabal by Spanish Police while in custody. “Black is Beltza II: Ainhoa,” (Fermin Muguruza) The sequel to Muguruza’s 2018 animated feature, following Ainhoa, the daughter of Manex, the prior film’s protagonist, in a late Cold War journey through Lebanon, Afghanistan and Marseille as she becomes embroiled in the international narcotics trade.
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