Kimuak, The first short film program in Spain celebrates its twentieth anniversary in 2018. Therefore, as a tribute to its history, we have programmed this session dedicated to the animated short films that have been featured on its program.

Ask for me (Begoña Vicario, 1996). Spain. 4 min.
There are people who need to sell their organs to survive, and others whose organs are taken from them without their consent.

haragia (Begoña Vicario, 1999). Spain. 11 min.
When we talk about missing persons, we're talking about a virtual death, without a body. To be able to say goodbye, we need to see the body.

the blind hen (Isabel Herguera, 2005) Spain. 7 min.
A blind man accidentally loses his guide dog. Alone in the dark in a big city, the blind man discovers that his strength lies in recognizing his vulnerability.

Hezurbeltzak, a mass grave (Izibene Oñederra, 2007). Spain. 4 min.
Hezurbeltzak It's a Basque word that doesn't appear in any dictionary. A nonexistent word used to disparagingly refer to socially invisible groups of people. Its literal translation is "black bones."

Berbaoc (Arteleku, 2008) Coordinators: Isabel Herguera, Vuk Jevremovic, Xabier Erkizia. Spain. 5 min.
Animated short film made by José Belmonte, Izibene Oñederra, Mercedes Sánchez-Agustino, Gustavo Díez and Iratí Fernández, based on a sound piece by Xabier Erkizia, created from an interview with the musician Santiago Irigoyen.

Love (Isabel Herguera, 2010). Spain. 8 min.
Inés travels to India to visit her friend Ámar, who has been living in a mental institution for years. Inés remembers the last days they spent together and her promise to return.

Under the pillow (Isabel Herguera, 2012). Spain. 8 min.
An animated documentary created from the drawings and voices of a group of children living in a clinic in India. The guitar, dancing, a trip to the sea, the cats Sweety and Kitty, and the sisters who care for them are among the treasures and dreams the children keep hidden beneath their pillows.

Hotzanak, for your own safety (Izibene Oñederra, 2013). Spain. 5 min.
I told him I was a filmmaker, and nothing has changed. In those places the soul wanders, sometimes certain, sometimes uncertain of its existence, while the body is, is and continues to be, and has nowhere to take refuge.

Sailor's Grave (2014) (Coordinators: Isabel Herguera, Koldo Almandoz). Spain. 5 min.
A story about the sea, the result of a workshop whose working method is inspired by the game of exquisite corpse. A mechanism of collective creation where participants manipulate and transform each other's drawings, constructing an intuitive and unexpected narrative.

Beti bezperako koplak (Ageda Kopla Taldea, 2016). (Coordinator: Begoña Vicario). Spain. 5 min.
Using the celebration of Saint Agatha's Eve—a Basque tradition in which people, accompanied by bertsolaris (improvisational Basque poets), go from house to house singing verses to the rhythm of their canes—the bertsolari Maialen Lujanbio denounces gender violence. Twenty young artists direct a collectively created work, employing different animation techniques.

Areka (Atxur Animazio Taldea, 2017) (Coordinator: Begoña Vicario). Spain. 6 min.
Euxebi's father was killed during the war. In his youth, Euxebi suffered under Franco's repression, and although the dictatorship ended long ago, he has never had the opportunity to recover his father's memory. After many years of searching, when the mass grave where his remains lie is finally opened, Euxebi places a photograph next to his bones.