This program includes two parts;

The short films produced and distributed by Kimuak :

1. Por un infante difunto(By a late infant) ; directed by: Tinieblas Gonzalez
2. Hilarri ( Tombstone) ; directed by : Manu Gomez
3. Inventario( Inventory) ;directed by : Inigo Royo , Oscar Curras
4. …Ya no puede caminar( She can not walk any longer) ; directed by : Luiso Berdejo
5. Topeka ;directed by : Asier Altuna
6. Expreso nocturno(Night Express) ; directed by : Imanol Ortiz Lopez
7. lepokoa(The scarf) ; directed by : Safy Mebbou
8. El sonador(The dreamer) ; directed by : Oskar Santos
9. Eramos pocos( One too many) ; directed by : Borja Cobeaga
10. la gallain ciega( Blind man’s bluff) ; directed by : Isabel Herguera
11. Sarean (“In the net “) ; directed by : Asier Altuna

A Special thanks goes to Txema Muñoz from Kimuak for his friendly permission and providing us with the DVD of the films.

By a late infant
Director: Tinieblas Gonzalez
Country: Spain
Time: 10'
Category: Fiction
Format: -
Script: Tinieblas Gonzalez
Camera: Unax Mendia
Editor:-
Sound: Raman Buesa
Music:-
Producer: Kimuak
Year of production: 1998
Synopsis:Julio, a sad shy child lives a miserable existence with his embittered alcoholic parents.

Tombstone
Director: Manu Gomez
Country: Spain
Time: 8’
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Script: Manu Gómez, Aitor Mantxola
Camera: Aitor Mantxold
Editor: Alberto Magan
Sound: Pablo Sanz Diseño
Music: Robert Schumann
Producer: Kimuak
Year of production: 2000
Synopsis:A nurse daily visits the tomb of that person who "knew" during the war .
 

Inventory
Director: Inigo Royo , Oscar Curras
Country: Spain
Time: 12’
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Script: Marta Mirosa
Camera: Javier Allegue ,Oriol Besch
Editor: Javier Alonso
Sound: Javi Ortega,Gloria Royo
Music: -
Producer: Kimuak
Year of production: 2000
Synopsis: Once an employee of a film archives is making his daily job, while he finds an interesting film.
 

She can not walk any longer
Director: Luiso Berdejo
Country: Spain
Time: 13’
Category: Fiction
Format:35mm
Script: Rebeca Saenz de juber
Camera:David Tudela Talaverd
Editor: Jose Tito
Sound: Alvaro Lopez , Alfredo Diaz
Music: Marta Sanchez
Producer: Kimuak
Year of production: 2001
Synopsis:Pacheco's father teaches him to overcome the repulsion he feels for animals.
 

Topeka
Director: Asier Altuna
Country: Spain
Time: 3’.30”
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Script: Mikel Tello
Camera: Inigo Bach , Javi Agirre
Editor: Mapa eta Pite
Sound: Pablo Sanz , Alazue Ameztoi
Music:Javi Pez
Producer: Kimuak
Year of production: 2002
Synopsis: Fighting the rams caused another similar fight.
 

Night Express
Director: Imanol Ortiz Lopez
Country: Spain
Time: 8’
Category: Fiction
Format:35mm
Script:Virginia Lacorzand
Camera: Cristobal Baigarri
Editor: Puy San Martín
Sound: Alvaro Herrero ,Inaki Alonso
Music: Jese Luis Canal
Producer: Kimuak
Year of production: 2003
Synopsis: An extremely patient man shares a sleeping car on a night express train with another person.
 

The scarf
Director: Safy Mebbou
Country: Spain
Time: 23’
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Script: Safy Mebbou
Camera: Christophe Artus
Editor: Beruard Sasia
Sound: Antoine Ouvrier
Music: -
Producer: Kimuak
Year of production: 2003
Synopsis:Teresa is hoping her son will come home for Christmas .The local’s don’t believe Teresa’s son, angel, will show up.
 

The dreamer
Director: Oskar Santos
Country: Spain
Time: 14’.30”
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Script: Javier S. DonDonate , O. Santos
Camera: Josu Inchaustegui
Editor: Marta Salas
Sound: Sounders Creacion Sonora
Music: -
Producer: Kimuak
Year of production: 2004
Synopsis:In the last few years of the 19th century, Don Diego de Robledo , a young member of the upper nobility , is capable of sleeping for as long as three days in a row, this excess of sleep is giving him serious psychological problems.

One too many
Director: Borja Cobeaga
Country: Spain
Time: 16’
Category: Fiction
Format: DVD
Script: Borja Cobeaga
Camera: Ignacio Gimenez-Rico
Editor: Jesus Rome
Sound: Miguel Carretero , David Rodrigues
Music: Aranzazu Calleja
Producer: Kimuak
Year of production: 2005
Synopsis: After Joaquin’s wife left him, he turns to his son to help him bring his mother-in-law out of an elderly home.
 

Blind man’s bluff
Director: Isabel Herguera
Country: Spain
Time: 7’
Category: Animation
Format:35 mm
Script: Isabel Herguera
Camera: Eduardo Elosegi
Editor: Isabel Herguera
Sound: Xabier Erkizia
Music: Xabier Erkizia
Producer: Kimuak
Year of production: 2005
Synopsis:This film is about a blind man who loses his guide-dog accidentally.
 

Sarean (“In the net “)
Director: Asier Altuna
Country: Spain
Time: 4’
Category: Documentary
Format: 35 mm
Script: Asier Altuna
Camera: Gaizka Bourgeaud
Editor: Julia Juaniz , Pite Pinas
Sound: -
Music: Javi Pez
Producer: Kimuak
Year of production: 2006
Synopsis: A short documentary about fishing in the northern seas.

Spanish short films directed by independent filmmakers:

1. Perpetuum Mobile( Perpetual motion) ; directed by : Enrique Garcia, Raquel Ajofrin
2. Killing time; directed by : Santos Hevia
3. The wait ; directed by : Fernando Uson
4. Manolo Registered Mark ; directed by : Cesar Esteban
5. Happy Birthday ; directed by : Israel Puya, Alejandro Munoz, Anabel Jimenez
6. Ana’s way ; directed by : Richard Vazquez
7. Conspiration ; directed by : Valeriano Lopez
8. The prestidigitador ; directed by : Hugo Sanz

We would like to thank the filmmakers of these films for including their films into this program.

 

 Perpetual motion
Director: Enrique Garcia, Raquel Ajofrin
Country: Spain
Time: 10’.30”
Category: Animation,Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Script: Enrique Garcia, Raquel Ajofrin
Camera: Enrique Garcia
Editor: Enrique Garcia, Ruben Salazar
Sound: Inaki Alonso
Music: Aritz Villodas
Producer: Enrique Garcia, Ruben Salazar
Year of production: 2006
Synopsis:Florence, XVth Century. An Alchemist obsessed with discovering the secrets of the Perpetual motion.
 

Killing time
Director: Santos Hevia
Country: Spain
Time: 15’
Category: Fiction
Format: DV,35 mm
Script: Alfredo Diaz Perez
Camera: Marc Ridley
Editor: Marguerite Le Bourgeois
Sound: Vincent Jacquet
Music: -
Producer: Santos Hevia , Jean-Jacques Neira
Year of production: 2006
Synopsis:Portrait of an old woman who fights with her neighbor to give a meaning to her life.
 

 The wait
Director: Fernando Uson
Country: Spain
Time: 3’.30”
Category: Documentary , Fiction
Format: DV
Script: Fernando Uson
Camera: Fernando Uson
Editor: Fernando Uson
Sound: Fernando Uson
Music: -
Producer: Fernando Uson
Year of production: 2005
Synopsis:Jose has suffered a stroke. The only thing his wife can do, is waiting.
 

Manolo Registered Mark
Director: Cesar Esteban
Country: Spain
Time: 8’.35”
Category: Animation , Fiction
Format:35 mm
Script: Cesar Esteban
Camera: -
Editor: Enrique Cerrejon
Sound: Paco Piquero , Jesus Espada
Music: Sergio De la Puente
Producer: Jose Esteban
Year of production: 2006
Synopsis:Manolo while trying to repair the broken down air conditioning system of a common restaurant , gets lost inside a labyrinth of tubes.
 

 Happy Birthday
Director: Israel Puya, Alejandro Munoz, Anabel Jimenez
Country: Spain
Time: 6’.30”
Category: Animation
Format: 35 mm
Script: Israel Puya, Alejandro Munoz, Anabel Jimenez
Camera: Eduardo Elosegi
Editor: Alejandro Munoz , Eduardo Elosegi
Sound: Mikel Fernandez Krutzaga
Music: Paul Huelues
Producer: Emilio de la Rosa , Oscar Catalan
Year of production: 2007
Synopsis:Miguel’s Birthday is perfect , but sometimes dreams break suddenly.
 

Ana’s way
Director: Richard Vazquez
Country: Spain
Time: 9’
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Script: Richard Vazquez
Camera: Josu Inchaustegui
Editor: Paco Casado
Sound: David Mantecon
Music: Raul Quilez
Producer: Paco Casado
Year of production: 2007
Synopsis:Anna is going to visit her husband in jail.
 

 Conspiration
Director: Valeriano Lopez
Country: Spain
Time: 6’.20”
Category: Fiction
Format: DV
Script: Valeriano Lopez
Camera: Diego Dussuel
Editor: Laura Capella , Juan Barrero
Sound: Jose Rodriguez
Music: Beethoven
Producer: Nuria Diaz
Year of production: 2007
Synopsis:The flute-player of Hamelis bewitches the kids trough the sound of his flute.

The prestidigitador
Director: Hugo Sanz
Country: Spain
Time: 9’.30”
Category: Fiction
Format: 35 mm
Script: Hugo Sanz
Camera: Paco Sanchez Polo
Editor: Agustin Hernandez
Sound: Santi Lorigados
Music: David Senen
Producer: Andalusian short films
Year of production: 2006
Synopsis:Christian doesn’t feel like studying for tomorrow’s exam at all, but he knows that if he fails again, his mother will be very disappointed.



 

Kimuak ; a short introduction

Kimuak was born in1997 with the purpose of creating a circuit on which to exhibit shorts made in the Basque Autonomous Community and hence permit their screening in cinemas all over the country.
In addition to internal distribution, Kimuak endeavors to facilitate the international screening of a selection of its best shorts, via their presence at international festivals and on TV networks that normally include shorts on their program planning.
Kimuak also provides each short with information and advertising backup intended to expedite its circulation.

KIMUAK was created and Sponsored by the Basque Department of Culture to promote short films made in Euskadi language both within the Basque and around the world