Directing

Patxo Tellería

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Accordionist's Son poster
5.0

David Imaz had to flee from the Basque Country in the mid-seventies, repudiated by his people, accused of betrayal. Despite having found happiness in California, his past still weighs him down and the feeling of guilt prevents him from being able to settle down and peacefully enjoy the last days of his life. Joseba Altuna, his childhood friend, comes to say goodbye and to settle the score while he's at it. It's been a long time since they saw one another, but the time has come to face the truth.

The Accordionist's Son

2019

Mugaldekoak poster
NR

Mugaldekoak is set in the early 40s, when, on this side of the border, the wounds of the Civil War were still open and, on the other, they were living under occupation by the German Army. The tale revolves around the Comète Network, an initiative developed during World War II on the border with Navarre: the clandestine evacuation of British pilots brought down in enemy territory.

Mugaldekoak

2010

Operation Golden Shell poster
4.6

A con artist owner of a bankrupt film company tries to lure in an investor by hiring a movie star's look-alike and passing him off as the real deal.

Operation Golden Shell

2017

Bypass poster
3.7

An economist Basque (Gorka Ochoa) based in Barcelona becomes embroiled in a difficult emotional dilemma between his girlfriend (Bárbara Goenaga), who is pregnant, and a childhood friend (Sara Cozar), heart condition, which is declared by compassion convinced that he would die. The problem arises when the patient makes a miraculous recovery and he is forced to pretend he loves her.

Bypass

2012

Bypass poster
3.7

An economist Basque (Gorka Ochoa) based in Barcelona becomes embroiled in a difficult emotional dilemma between his girlfriend (Bárbara Goenaga), who is pregnant, and a childhood friend (Sara Cozar), heart condition, which is declared by compassion convinced that he would die. The problem arises when the patient makes a miraculous recovery and he is forced to pretend he loves her.

Bypass

2012

Igelak (Frogs) poster
4.7

Pello, a bank branch manager, is arrested on charges of embezzlement. Abandoned by his superior (who got him involved in the heist), Pello escapes from the court room and goes on the run. With no papers, no money and no family or friends he can trust, he changes identity so that he can stay undercover for a time. By chance he ends up hiding in a building that has been occupied by a group of people evicted from their homes who are fighting his bank. Pello gains their trust, all the time planning to steal money from them to pay for false documentation so that he can escape abroad and start a new life.

Igelak (Frogs)

2016

La máquina de pintar nubes poster
NR

The spiritual journey of a teenager who discovers a passion for painting in the context of a hard working neighborhood gray Bilbao during recent years of the Franco dictatorship. In this hostile environment of beauty and art, a group of foundry workers spends his free time painting. They are fond of painting by pure love of art.

La máquina de pintar nubes

2009