Paco Sagarzazu

Advantages of Travelling by Train (2019)

After interning her insane husband in a remote psychiatric hospital, book editor Helga Pato returns home by train, where she meets a mysterious man who identifies himself as a psychiatrist. ...

Bye Bye Mr. Etxebeste! (2019)

Patrizio Etxebeste decides to resign from the office of mayor for health problems, but few know the real reason: the recent corruption scandals uncovered in nearby towns lead him to believe that his may be the next head to roll. Who better to take up the r ...

The Skin of the Wolf (2018)

Martinón is the last inhabitant of Auzal, a village in the mountains where he lives in communion with nature. He only goes down to the valleys twice a year to trade and to buy provisions. But one day he's convinced to take a wife, a decision intended to s ...

Holy Goalie (2018)

A young priest coaches a team of uncoordinated monks in order to win a soccer tournament and save their monastery from being turned into a hotel. ...

Kalebegiak (2016)

Twelve short films, twelve portraits of the city of San Sebastian. ...

Words with Gods (2014)

The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the world's most exciting directors, Words with Gods follows the theme of religion - specifically as it relates t ...

Cholera (2013)

Cholera: Path. Acute, infectious disease, often epidemic and very serious. ...

Después de mí (2012)

Hamaiketakoa (2012)

Every day, at the same time, Antonio and Santi have a strange conversation. Three women are witness to it. ...

Flock (2011)

A shepherd, lost in the city, searches for his flock. His call attracts the attention of some people, who decide to follow him. ...

The Last Circus (2010)

A trapeze artist must decide between her lust for Sergio, the Happy Clown, or her affection for Javier, the Sad Clown, both of whom are deeply disturbed. ...

Cotton Candy (2009)

The cold always complicates things. ...

Él nunca lo haría (2009)

Cristóbal Molón (2006)

In the year 1512, two insects embark on an expedition that becomes the adventure of their lives. ...

Aupa Etxebeste! (2005)

The same day that the Etxebeste Family are leaving for their holidays, they lost all their money. They have to keep up appearances in front of the residents, so they will hide them selves at home. During their stay at home the Etxebestes will throw each ot ...

Portal Mortal (2004)

While a man down the stairs of his building, he accidentally kills a neighbor. ...

Torapia (2004)

Basilio a pickpocket with no luck, enters a mental institution to retrieve a valuable diamond necklace that briefly passed through his hands and whose value was unable to recognize. Once inside the asylum, Basilio will try to use all the skills of his trad ...

The Pedal Push Car (2004)

During Holy Week of 59 in the tragicomic social landscape of Franco's Spain, takes place the sentimental chronicle of a nine years old boy: Pablito. Pablito wants the pedal car he sees in a shop near his home. His family -middle class with bad luck - silen ...

Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure (2003)

In the Headquarters of the T.I.A. (Terminal Intelligence Agency), someone has stolen Professor Bacterio's most dangerous invention, the D.O.T. (Demoralizer of Troops), an artifact that ends up in the hands of a very short, wacky dictator who is ready to us ...

His Master's Voice (2001)

Basque Country, Spain, 1980s. In Bilbao, a gray city dominated by political corruption and nationalist terrorism, Charli works as a chauffeur for Oliveira, a businessman engaged in shady deals. Alarmed by a series of threats and attacks, Oliveira decides t ...

Año Mariano (2000)

Wiped-Out Footprints (1999)

Manuel is a Spanish writer who has emigrated to Argentina. He hears that his childhood village in Spain is to be turned into a reservoir, and returns for one last trip. There he meets widow Virginia, an old love, and begins to hope that he might reignite t ...

40 ezetz (1999)

In the course of an ox competition, a whole town loses a lot of money by betting on the favourite couple of oxen. ...

Pecata minuta (1999)

A Time for Defiance (1998)

After the Spanish Civil War breaks out, the Prado Museum is being evacuated. One of the guards finds a painting by the master, Goya, and takes it to prevent damage to the work of art. In the interim, he meets a young lady with whom he falls in love. Assist ...

Txotx (1997)

In a cider house deep in the heart of the Basque Country, a group of friends in drunken bliss are about to find out the dark side of this special place. ...

Muerto de amor (1996)

A middle-aged widower, who lives surrounded by memories of his marriage, receives a letter from the City Council informing him that his wife's remains are going to be moved to the communal ossuary. ...

Salto al vacío (1995)

Alex is a young woman who resorts to arms and drug trafficking to support her parents and younger brother in 1990s Basque Country. Alex has her life further complicated by her unrequited love for Javi, a member of her criminal gang. ...

Santa Cruz, the guerrilla priest (1990)

Juán Auzmendi, sacristan of a small Spanish village, decides to emigrate to America in search of new horizons. To pay for the trip, he steals the saving of his parish priest and begins the journey to the city of Pasajes, where he hopes to get on a ship. B ...

Gran sol (1989)

A group of fishermen embark on a new adventure to capture the best pieces on the high seas. They leave from the port of Ondárroa, Vizcaya, to depart towards the Atlantic bottom where they usually fish. After several days of fishing, problems begin to emer ...

Ander eta Yul (1989)

Two former seminarians meet by chance in adulthood: one has become a dealer, the other a terrorist. ...

Chronicle of the Carlist War (1872-1876) (1988)

In 1922, the director of a liberal Bilbao newspaper and a former Carlist volunteer recall their youth. ...

El polizón del Ulises (1987)

Ehun metro (1985)

It's 8 AM in a summer morning from the 70's. Jon, an ETA member, is being chased by the police in the Old Town of San Sebastian. While he runs, he revises his whole life. ...

Turn of the Screw (1985)

A young man is hired to take care of two orphaned siblings in a remote seaside mansion and soon realizes that someone... or something from the past is out to get the children. ...

La conquista de Albania (1983)

King Carlos II of Spain (r. 1665-1700) once sent his brother Luis to lead a military expedition into Albania and conquer that land for the Spaniards. Since Albania was a part of the dowry of Luis' wife, it seemed like a reasonable idea at the time. While t ...

Escape From Segovia (1981)

In the summer of 1977, a political prisoner, living in exile, recounts the circumstances of his escape to a journalist: in April 76, a group of ETA members planned to escape from prison, but the project fails when, due to a tip-off, the guards discover the ...

Balantzatxoa (1978)

A film based on a theatre play made by Paco Sagarzazu. It was the first feature film made in Basque language. It criticized the authoritarianism of traditional teaching. ...

Balantzatxoa (1978)

A film based on a theatre play made by Paco Sagarzazu. It was the first feature film made in Basque language. It criticized the authoritarianism of traditional teaching. ...