Research projects

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 2019-2020: Borja Rodríguez, Flor Clérico, Jone Aranzabal Itoiz

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 2018-2019: Alfredo Ruiz, Andrea Sánchez, Carlos Saldaña, Elizabeth Dexter, Jugatx Otero, María Laura Ríos, Paloma Hernández, Sisu Satrawaha

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 2019-2020: Ane Zulaika, Lester Meno, Maitane Ruiz Juarros, Marc Barceló, Martha Helga López

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 2019-2020: Diego Ginartes, Irati Crespo, Marcela Hinojosa, Noemi Cuetos, Olatz Arrieta, Silvia Cruz, Sofía García Broca

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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