Research projects

Architecture of cinema

Research into film as an architectural space and its relationship with the city

The research project Architecture of film aims to explore film as an architectural space and determine the place it occupies in the city. The project is designed to be a point of union between thought, research, cinematography and architecture.

Research team:
Ekain Olaizola Lizarralde (lead investigator)

Students 2020-2021: Efraín Bedoya, Florencia de Múgica, Jesús Hector Martínez, Joseba López, Renan Camilo

Related institutions:
ETSA D-SS (EHU-UPV), Observatory of Scenic Spaces , ETSAB (UPC)

Chronology:
19/10/2020 - ongoing

Research line:
Interconnection between film and other scientific, humanistic and aesthetic disciplines.

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Generational losses

Research into the Arteleku video collection

The EQZE and AKMEKA (the consolidated research group of the Arts School of the University of the Basque Country, recognised by the Basque Government) have undertaken a research project based on the Arteleku video collection.

Research team:
Natxo Rodríguez Arkaute, Arantza Lauzirika Morea (lead investigators)

Students 2020-2021: Lucas Larriera, Luiza Goncalves, Ramón de Fontecha, Vicente Del Pedregal

Santi Eraso, Gabriel Villota, Arturo/Fito Rodríguez Bornaetxea, Pablo Maravi, Andrea Estankona (principal investigators)

Related institutions:
UPV/EHU (Team Akmeka), Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola

Chronology:
01/10/2019 - ongoing

Research line:
New perspectives on Basque cinema

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Their Past Is Always Present

Research on the collection of Cinenova a London-based feminist film distributor

This project proposes the restoration of a selection of materials from the London distributors collection and a critical and gender perspective research aimed at contributing to the knowledge and dissemination of the history of cinema made by women.

Research team:
María Palacios Cruz, Charlotte Procter (lead investigators)

Students 2020-2021: Adrián García Prado, Alejandra Frechero, Anna Babos, Julia Cortegana de la Fuente, Mariana Queen Nwabasili, Marianela Vega, Paula González, Simon Petri Lukacs

Related institutions:
Cinenova, LUX, Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola

Chronology:
2018/09/01 - ongoing

Research line:
Theoretical approaches to innovative techniques in archiving, curating and filmmaking

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This Film Is Dangerous

Restoration of the unique copies of two nitrate films

"This Film is Dangerous" proposes an extensive research and the restoration on two rare 1924 nitrate films (The Price of a Party directed by Charles Giblyn and Die Vier letzten Sekunden des Quidam Uhl by Robert Reinert).

Research team:
Luciano Berriatúa (lead investigator / 2019-2020 Academic Year)
Silvia Casagrande, Clara Sánchez-Dehesa (lead investigators / 2018-2019 Academic Year)

Students 2019-2020: Elisa Massaro, Juliana Príncipe, Lorena Escala, Martín Álvarez, Sofía Fernández Payró

Related institutions:
Basque Film Archive, Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola

Chronology:
2018/09/01 - ongoing

Research line:
Theoretical approaches to innovative techniques in archiving, curating and filmmaking

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Artisans of Cinema

Research of the Basque amateur cinema

In what will be the first international expansion of the The “Amateur Movie Database” project of the University of Calgary (Canada), Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola will lead a new line of research on the heritage of Basque amateur cinema.

Research team:
Enrique Fibla Gutiérrez (lead investigator)

Students 2020-2021: Amaia Badiola, Blanca Velasco, Macarena Fernández Puig, Pablo Adiego

Related institutions:
Basque Film Archive, University of Calgary, Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola

Chronology:
2018/09/01 - ongoing

Research line:
New perspectives on Basque cinema

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Zinemaldia 70

All Possible Histories

The San Sebastian Festival has created, together with the research department of the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, Tabakalera and the Basque Film Archive the project Zinemaldia 70. All Possible Histories, with a view to generating a living Festival archive, the first stage of which will culminate with its 70th edition, in 2022.

Research team:
Pablo La Parra (lead investigator)

Students 2020-2021: Amaranta Díaz, Ekhiñe Etxeberria, Laida Mendia, Oderay Ponce de León, Pablo Lillo

Related institutions:

San Sebastian Festival, Tabakalera, Basque Film Archive, Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola

Chronology:
2018/05/02 - ongoing

Research line:
Theoretical approaches to innovative techniques in archiving, curating and filmmaking

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