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Basque Docs Scene Spotlight: A Look at ‘Los Williams’
‘Los Williams,’ featuring soccer stars Iñaki and Nico Williams, highlights the rising prominence of Basque documentary filmmaking.
Among the notable examples he cited were Albert Serra’s “Afternoons of Solitude,” and the New Directors opener “La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés,” the directorial debut of Antón Álvarez, better known to date as singer-songwriter C. Tangana. “Basque producers are becoming increasingly aware of the power their local stories have to become universal,” added Rosaura Romero, also from En Cero Coma, which, since its founding in 2021, has followed the words of its then head Fernando Jerez to “add talent, discover new creators, and explore new perspectives.” Pinpointing the exact reasons for the Basque Country’s documentary prowess is challenging, yet Xabi Berzosa of Irusoin speculates that regions with deep historical roots create fertile ground for the genre to thrive.
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