Hezurbeltzak, una fosa común | Hezurbeltzak, una fossa comune | Hezurbeltzak, A Common Grave - Animaphix New Contemporary Languages Film Festival

Hezurbeltzak, una fosa común | Hezurbeltzak, una fossa comune | Hezurbeltzak, A Common Grave

Izibene Oñederra
Spagna | 2007 | 5’09’’

“Hezurbeltzak” is a Basque word that does not appear in any dictionary. A non-existent term used in a derogatory way to refer to groups of socially invisible people. The literal translation is “black bones”. The line of the drawings in Izibene Oñederra’s film is therefore black: it evokes something raw, tangible, yet uncertain.

Direction: Izibene Oñederra
Animation: Izibene Oñederra
Editing: Aduardo Elosegi
Sound Design: Xabier Erkizia
Producer: Begoña Vicario

Izibene Oñederra

Animated film director with a degree in Fine Arts from the University of the Basque Country. She is currently an assistant professor in the painting department of the UPVEHU. Her first animation is Hezulbeltzak, una fosa común (2007), multi-awarded in international festivals and that toured for several years in different international festivals, theaters, film libraries and museums worldwide. One of her latest animation is Lursaguak (2019) which premiered at the Donostia-San Sebastian Festival in the Zabaltegi section.