Negu hurbilak

Synopsis

In 2011, the prolonged armed conflict in the Basque Country appears to be coming to an end. A young woman flees with a clear goal: to cross the border, the muga. She knows this will take her away from her home and roots, where she is no longer safe. During her escape, she arrives in Zubieta, a border village where ancient myths and modern conflicts seem to converge. Hidden in the attic of one of the town’s houses in the village, she begins to observe an unchanging everyday life.

Time passes—a hazy, indefinite passage where days blur into nights and nights into days. Her escape becomes increasingly labyrinthine, getting completely enveloped in the dense fog...

Biography and Films

Colectivo Negu are Ekain Albite, Adrià Roca, Nicolau Mallofré and Mikel Ibarguren. Their group project took shape at ESCAC, the film school where they all studied and where they made their first short films, Erroitz and Laiotz, both filmed in Euskal Herria. They then made the 16 mm short A rabassa morta, which explored life in Catalonia.

Negu Hurbilak was selected for Cinema Pendent at l'Alternativa 2022, where they won the Non Finito and REC Primer Test Prizes. It had its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival, where it won a Special Mention in the Cineasti del Presente section.

Tie-in Activity

On Friday 17 November, at 9.30 pm, aadri will give a concert in Bar 78|33 after the screening of Negu hurbilak.