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El Diario Vasco’s Gregorio Ordóñez Documentary Draws Full Houses at San Sebastián Film Festival

Its Zinemira berth gives the 40‑minute film a prominent platform to expand public memory of the 1995 assassination for new generations.

Overview

  • Screened on September 24 within Zinemira at Cines Príncipe, the film has a second showing scheduled for Friday, with all 263 tickets across both sessions sold out.
  • Ana Iríbar and Consuelo Ordóñez attended and said the festival exposure will help many people learn who Gregorio Ordóñez was and what he represented.
  • A broad institutional turnout included leaders from the Basque Government, Gipuzkoa and Donostia, as well as the Basque Parliament and judicial authorities.
  • Produced by El Diario Vasco with Gogora, the Diputación de Gipuzkoa and the Ayuntamiento de Donostia, the documentary is directed by David Taberna, Arantxa Aldaz and Javier Roldán.
  • Combining testimony from family members, party colleagues and DV journalists, the documentary revisits the 1995 context of the assassination and first premiered on January 23 to mark the 30th anniversary.