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Karmele Screens at San Sebastián as Altuna Honored With Premio Zinemira

The film adapts Kirmen Uribe's novel into a Basque-language drama focused on a decades-spanning story of exile and espionage.

Overview

  • Presented out of competition in the official section of the San Sebastián Film Festival.
  • Set for a theatrical release on 10 October 2025.
  • Jone Laspiur and Eneko Sagardoy lead the cast as Karmele and Txomin.
  • Asier Altuna condensed the research-based novel using family testimony to center the narrative on Karmele, with music serving as a key storytelling element.
  • Altuna will receive the Premio Zinemira with Telmo Esnal at this edition, underscoring the rise of ambitious Basque-language cinema.