The surfer Borga Agote will open the festival on Monday and will share impressions with the attendees. /
During San Sebastian’s Big Week, the museum will screen five films that show the different facets linked to the oceans
The San Sebastian Aquarium joins the Big Week with its Itsas Film Festibala. From next Monday to Friday, a film linked to the sea will be projected daily in its auditorium at 12:00 noon. Admission is free.
The programming will open with ‘Chronicles of the surfer Boja Agote’. Through various screenings, the surfing champion will play the leading role and guide in an adventure in which he will bring this sport closer to the public. Agote will answer the questions raised by the attendees.
The program
Monday 15
‘Chronicles of the surfer Borja Agote’.Mars 16
‘Heritage 12 miles’.Wednesday 17
‘Wild Cantabrian’.Thursday 18
‘The Fleet of the Indies.friday 19
‘Cavities of the Donostiarra Aquarium’.
Tuesday the 12th is the turn of ‘Ondarroa 12 milia’. In the synopsis sent by the Aquarium it is highlighted that «Euskal Herria is a town intimately linked to the Cantabrian Sea and to fishing. The sea has been part of our history, our culture and our identity. However, those who have known other times on our coast, assure that life around the ports was very different before».
An image from the documentary ‘Wild Cantabrian’.
A day later, on Wednesday the 17th, ‘Cantabrico Salvaje’ can be seen. Once again, the protagonist is the sea that bathes the Basque coast, in this case focusing on its biodiversity, one of the largest in Europe. The documentary is narrated in the first person by its author, Enrique Talledo, who passionately shows the fascinating stories he has lived through. It also shows how the creatures that inhabit this rough sea have adapted, from huge sperm whales to vulnerable seahorses.
sunken galleon
On Thursday the 18th, ‘The Fleet of the Indies’ will be screened. On November 27, off the coast of Cartagena de Indias, the Colombians discovered the Spanish galleon ‘San José’, which sank when attacked in 1708 by the British fleet. A fact that serves as a starting point for Antonio Pérez Molero to recreate the history of the Fleet of the Indies with which Spain began global trade more than 500 years ago.
The festival will close on Friday 19 with ‘Cavities of the Donostiarra Aquarium’, which will allow visitors to discover different spaces in the museum such as the laboratory, the quarantine area, the fish kitchen, in addition to the work carried out by biologists on a daily basis.
This festival has been organized thanks to the collaboration of Borja Agote, the Bidasoa International Archaeological Film Festival, the Donostia International Underwater Film Series, and other entities such as 12 milia and Bizi Lur.