Basque Film Series at the historic Roxie Theater in San Francisco - 3117 16th St, San Francisco.
Hosted by the Basque Educational Organization.
The film Bidean Jarraituz (Following the Path) is a documentary centered on the life and career of renowned Basque film music composer, Bingen Mendizabal.
The film follows Mendizabal as he is commissioned to compose the soundtrack for a documentary about writer Bernardo Atxaga. This new assignment prompts him to reflect on his extensive career in film and music in the Basque Country from the 1980s to the present.
Through interviews and testimonies, the documentary reviews the artistic movements of that era, the important figures who emerged, and ultimately leads Mendizabal to a deeper reflection on the true meaning of success and the importance of following one's own path.
Bingen Mendizabal played at the Basque Cultural Center on October 10th, 2004, alongside Mikel Urdangarin, Rafa Rueda, Kirmen Uribe & Elizabeth MacKlin. They performed a multimedia set of songs from the CD “Zaharregia, Txikiegia Agian” (Too Old, Too Small Maybe), whose lyrics are Kirmen Uribe poems. Click here to see a clip from this performance.
2022, directed by Aitor López de Aberásturi, 90 minutes, in Euskara and Spanish with English subtitles.
Trailer:
About the Director:
AITOR LÓPEZ DE ABERÁSTURI (VITORIA-GASTEIZ, 1985)
Aitor López de Aberásturi’s professional start was as an editor, beginning his career in documentary series broadcast by TVE (“Nexos”) or having worked on different projects for directors such as Paul Urkijo Alijo, David Pérez Sañudo or Juanma Bajo Ulloa.
From the beginning of his career, Aitor López de Aberásturi combined all these functions with his growing interest in developing his own projects with himself as director and scriptwriter, making short films and gradually specialising in the documentary genre. “Bidean jarraituz (following on the path)” is the first feature-length documentary to be released in commercial cinemas directed by Aitor López de Aberásturi, although he is the author of “Baby: la Naturaleza de filmar”, video exploitation documentary on the making of the film “Baby”, by Juanma Bajo Ulloa.
During all these years, Aitor López de Aberásturi has combined the production of commissioned audiovisuals with teaching, having been an editing tutor at ECPV:Film School of the Basque Country. While he begins the festival tour of “Bidean jarraituz (following on the path)”, he is finalising the post-production of his next project, the making of the film “Irati”, by Paul Urkijo Alijo.