Bernardo Atxaga

Writing

Bernardo Atxaga

Born

1951-07-27 (75)

Place of birth

Asteasu, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country

Known for

Writing

Credits

9 titles

Bernardo Atxaga, pseudonym of Jose Irazu Garmendia, is a Basque writer and self-translator. His book of short stories, 'Obabakoak' ('Individuals and things of Obaba'), published in 1988 won him much fame and several prizes. So far, the book has been translated into more than 25 languages.

Known for

The Tunnel of the Bellows poster
NR

A documentary film about the origins of the Basque trikitixa. It reflects how the small accordion brought by one of the Italian workers who came to build the Madrid-Paris railway tunnels in 1859, starting from Zumarraga, has become a symbol of contemporary Basque music.

The Tunnel of the Bellows

2025

De lo urbano y lo rural poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

De lo urbano y lo rural

2022

The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone poster
6.5

An attempt to create a bridge between the different political positions that coexist, sometimes violently, in the Basque Country, in northern Spain.

The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone

2003

Rock Radikal Vasco: La gran martxa de los 80 poster
NR

In this documentary, we travel to the main locations where the musical movement known as "Basque Radical Rock" exploded, emerging in the Basque Country and Navarre in the 1980s. It recalls bands from that era, such as Cicatriz, Zarama, RIP, Eskorbuto, and Kortatu, and interviews some of its leading figures.

Rock Radikal Vasco: La gran martxa de los 80

2013

Zeru horiek poster
NR

Irene, a former member of the terrorist gang ETA recently released from prison in Catalonia, recalls her past during her return trip to the Basque Country.

Zeru horiek

2006

Itoiz Summer Sessions poster
9.0

The discovery of a series of unreleased tapes leads Juan Carlos Pérez, leader of the iconic group Itoiz, to reflect on the dissolution of the band at its peak, after a clear change of style towards pop that he still denies today. Juan Carlos will thus begin a cathartic journey to the essence of the group, reliving the beginnings of the band as a progressive rock group in Mutriku in the 70's, which will serve him to reconcile with the past.

Itoiz Summer Sessions

2025

Film credits

2010s · 2 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera