Abata
2026
24 min
Basque
A short documentary film narrated by Orson Welles and Gerardo Damboriena, one of the last pigeon hunters of Etxalar
In 1955, fascinated by the ingenious pigeon hunting with wooden paddles and nets, Orson Welles directed the documentary The Land of the Basques. Today, from a mountain hut on the border between Navarre and France, Gerardo Damboriena, a veteran pigeon hunter, reveals to us in basque the secrets of this more than 700-year-old tradition, now on the verge of extinction.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Capirú Studios, Katz Estudio
Keywords
- tradition
- basque country, spain
- black and white
- hunting
- euskara
- short film
- documentary
- euskal herria
- pigeons
- euskadi
Top Cast
José Mari Pikabea Iciaga as Self
Jabier Galarregi Iparragirre as Self
Iñaki Danboriena as Self
Iñaki Zubieta Ariztegi as Self
Jasone Mitxeltorena Ozkaritz as Self
Aurelien eta Ewan André as Self
Gerardo Danboriena as Self
Pedro Galarregi Zubieta as Self
Top Crew
Aner Etxebarria Moral · Director, Writer
Pablo Vidal · Director
Fernando asensio · Cinematographer
Rubén Crespo · Editor
Photos
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