Aner Etxebarria Moral
Directing
Biography
Aner Etxebarria is a director and producer of conservation films, whose passion for wild nature and indigenous worlds has led him to produce, script and direct diverse documentaries in various countries including: Iceland, Mozambique, Bolivia, Mongolia and Brazil, among others. He has directed and produced a number of documentaries, such as Baskavigin: The Slaughter of the Basque Whalers, "Bayandalai, Lord of the Taiga" or Voices of Earth. This last one, is a documentary series filmed in 11 countries that tells the public some of the last unique relationships of symbiosis between human beings and wildlife. Nominated as best documentary series in the Jackson Wild Media 2021. Part of Old Port films.
Known For
In September 2015 there were 400 years since the slaying of 32 Basque whalers in Iceland.
Baskavígin: The Slaying of the Basque Whalers
During his career as a vet, Alfonso Bañeres has recovered hundreds of birds of prey and wild animals. But among all of them one stand out among others. Tabira tells the story of a family of veterinarians who adopted a chick that nobody wanted. The unexpected arrival of a raptor ends up becoming a daughter and a high-flying sister, changing their lives forever. A year later, the winds carry Irati’s and Alfonso’s words, reminding them of the love they feel for the one that will always be their best friend: a Harris’s Hawk called Tabira.
Tabira
How would you feel if you were a mother of two families? A mother of a human family and of a wild family that decided thousands of years ago to live hidden, forever, in the heart of the forest. This is the story of Joy, a young ranger who combines the education of her two children, Favour and Abie, with her commitment for the protection of the only family of mountain gorillas that lives in the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda. A family called Nyakagezi, formed by 9 of the approximately last 1,000 mountain gorillas still living in freedom on our planet. Day after day, Joy and her colleagues ensure the safety of these 9 great primates, preventing poaching from ending the lives of those with whom we share 98% of our DNA. So that tomorrow Favour and Abie can meet their brothers, the mountain gorillas, and inherit their mother’s legacy.
Joy: One Mother Two Families
From inside his yurt deep within the heart of the Taiga, Bayandalai an elder of the Dukhas tribe muses about the significance of life and death in the largest forest on Earth. He is the last of the great reindeer herders of the Taiga.