
Joseba Usabiaga
Acting
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Goenkale is a Basque soap-opera, produced by Pausoka Entertainment and ETB, which is broadcast every Monday and Tuesday on Basque Radio-television's first channel, ETB 1. Set up in an imaginary Basque seaside town, the title of the serial is the name of the main street in that town. First broadcast in 1994, almost 3,000 episodes have been made so far, and it is one of the most successful programmes of ETB 1. In the beginning every chapter lasted 30 minutes and they were broadcast from Monday to Friday. Then the Friday episode was removed. Since 2004 two one hour long episodes are broadcast every Monday and Tuesday. Then thirty-minute episodes are repeated in the afternoon everyday.
Goenkale

In an inaccessible place between the mountains and isolated from the world, a school is located next to an old monastery. The students are rebellious and problematic young people who live under the strict and severe discipline imposed by the center to reintegrate them into society. The surrounding forest is home to ancient legends, threats that are still valid and that will immerse them in terrifying adventures.
The Boarding School: Las Cumbres

Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain, 2019. Two corpses appear in the crypt of the Old Cathedral. Police officer Unai López de Ayala, an expert in criminal profiling, must hunt down the ritual murderer who has been terrorizing the city for two decades.
Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City

The birth of the Basque terrorist gang ETA and its first attack, of which José Antonio Pardines, a Guardia Civil traffic officer, was the victim.
The Invisible Line

Having fought in the First Carlist War, Martin returns to his family farm in Gipuzkoa only to find that his younger brother, Joaquín, towers over him in height. Convinced that everyone will want to pay to see the tallest man on Earth, the siblings set out on a long trip all over Europe, during which ambition, money and fame will forever change the family’s fate. A story based on true events.
Giant

After breaking up with his partner, 76 year-old Vicente leads life the way he likes it in Maspalomas: he spends his days lying in the sun, partying, and looking for pleasure. An unexpected accident obliges him to return to San Sebastián and to the daughter he abandoned years ago. Vicente will have to live in a retirement home where he finds himself driven back into the closet and to conceal a part of himself that he thought was long resolved. In this new environment, Vicente must ask himself if he has enough time left to make his peace with others… and with himself.
Maspalomas

A film about the life and work of the bertsolari Pedro Mari Otaño. A journey through the exile and the rebirth of an oppressed people.
Ombuaren itzala

Nora is 30 years old; she lives with her Argentinian grandfather Nicolás and regularly takes care of her friend Meri's children. She writes the horoscope for the town newspaper, although her dream is to be a travel writer. When her grandfather dies, she inherits an old Dyane 6. Despite being a terrible driver, Nora will set out aimlessly on a road trip along the Basque coast so that her grandfather's ashes may finally rest beside those of her grandmother. The road will soon teach her that she's not a born traveller and that her dream had nothing to do with roving, but was only an excuse for the chance to be free, to grow, to close wounds and, for the first time, to find her own happiness.
Nora

Unable to fly the nest due to the economic crisis that grips Spain, a penniless, young couple have trouble consummating their fledgling relationship in their parents' homes.
Pikadero

Extremadura (Spain), 19th century. Four shepherd agree to let a game of cards decide which one of them will kill the village landowner.
The Fig Tree

Mikel is a Basque who hates "what is Basque" and decides to emigrate to Argentina, with the misfortune that he arrives in a community of Basque descendants from the interior of the country who live the traditions of their ancestors with great passion and who organize life in around his Basque club.
Dear Grandma

A female Basque virologist spends lockdown in a state-of-the-art laboratory to try to find a coronavirus vaccination.
Serendipity
A short film teaser for the feature film Pikadero. Ane and Gorka travel to a sex hotel in the mountains in order to consummate their relationship. However, things are never as easy as they seem and they end up questioning the meaning of their fledgling relationship.
Patata Tortilla

Religion has marked the life of Joel, a priest who has been practicing for almost 20 years now. When his sister dies, he will have to take care of his niece, Barbara, and this will make Joel start to doubt everything he has believed in until now.