In 1979 the size of the Virgin of Zikuñaga de Hernani disappeared leaving its inhabitants without their iconic image. A hole in niche. A collective vacuum. This is a movie about holes. “My father, Juanmi Gutiérrez, filmmaker, died A few years ago. Now, from a distance, I return to his films in a personal memory exercise through the image, or rather, through his absence. Can the absence of an image be as strong as its presence? And in that case, what do we do with that void? “Says the director of the documentary.
Image of the documentary. Redaccion NdG
Festivals and team
Replicawho had his world premiere in the 72nd edition of the San Sebastián Festival, where he got one Special Mention of the Irizar Award Jury to Basque Cinema. He has also participated in the 66th edition of Zinebi – Bilbao International Documentary and Short film Festival within the section Beautiful Docs – Panorama of Documentaries of the World; in the 27th edition of the Thessalonic Documentary Film Festival (Greece), and in the 34th edition of the Spanish Film Festival of Nanteswithin the category Basque window.
Written by Iñaki Sagastume, David Aguilar Iñigo y Gutierrez pello, and directed by Gutiérrez pelloit is a documentary of 74 minutes shot in Basque that has the photography address of David Aguilar Iñigo and the art direction of Arrate Rodríguez. Maitane Carballo He is responsible for sound; Iosu gonzalez It is in charge of sound design, and Maider Blázquez González of mixtures.
The composer Love lard signs the soundtrack; Pello Gutiérrez and David Aguilar Iñigo They deal with assembly; Iñaki Sagastume is the producer and Kany Peñalba It is associated producer.
Winner of EITB Award from the Zinebi Professional Forum – International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, the film has also participated in the Cinema Penents of the Alternative, in Barcelona (Pitching Forum of the GAC); he Laboratory and artistic residence SUSTRAIAKcon Katixa Agirre y Harkaitz Cano; he International co -production workshop taught by María Zamora / Creative Europe Desk Media Euskadand; it Pitch workshop taught by Álvaro Vega / Creative Europe Desk Media Euskadi; and the taller Green Film taught by circular bilibin and organized by Ibaia and Basque Green Film. Replica has the participation of EiTB and the support of Basque Government and the Gipuzkoa Provincial Council.
In the words of Gutiérrez pello “This documentary It arises from the images, but it develops through the voice. It is my voice that guides the film and it is the voice of the protagonists that Remember the past events through reading documents, signs and texts that have been written about the disappearance. From the personal to collectivethis research investigates the memory of this town through the absence of its iconic image, while raising a Reflection on image and memory before the loss of a loved one”.
The director has indicated that this work has also been “A way to close the duel for my father’s death.”
Gutiérrez pello. Iker Azurmendi
Seven and a half
Pello Gutiérrez Peñalba Funda in 2007 the producer Seven and a half. Pello understands cinema as a medium that serves to understand realities that I could not know otherwise. In his career he has written, directed and produced non-fiction films on various topics, awarded at international festivals. He has also worked in the fields of the Experimentation, expanded cinema and video inclusion in scenic spaces such as dramaturgy. At the same time, he teaches classes and workshops of audiovisual and cinematographic language to several groups, associations and institutions: Tabakalera, Cinema’s Curs, Ayuntamiento de San Sebastián, Donostia Culture, SOS Racism, Add, etc … Finally, participate in the organization of several collective audiovisual diffusion experiences: the documentary sample FORGET (2008-2018), the Experimental Videocreation and Sound Sample Nokodes (2010-2023) and the short film sample Short (2012-2022) or the Cineclub in Martutene prison (2019-2023).
