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Las Pelotaris - A girls game

‘LAS PELOTARIS’ is the story of Maite, Alice, Rose, Marion, Esther and many other women playing the Basque game of pelota; a sport which remains exotic and unknown, although it is played and practised in over 30 countries.

On the court, these women are brave and play with enthusiasm and sacrifice, but even if they win medals and World tournaments, their achievements always are discreet. Because, above all, this is a sport for men.

  • Andres Salaberri
    Director
  • Daniel Burgui Iguzkiza
    Director
  • En Buen Sitio Producciones
    Producer
  • Jokin Pascual
    Direction of Photography
  • Marcos Cruz
    Original Music
  • Danel Ciaurriz
    Sound design
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    27 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    November 5, 2015
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    Mexico, Spain, United States
  • Language:
    Basque, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
  • Aspect Ratio:
    anamorphic
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Andres Salaberri, Daniel Burgui Iguzkiza

Mr. Andrés Salaberri (Pamplona, 1979) is an independent filmmaker and the creative director of Ikusi, an Uruguayan social-oriented film production company. He holds a BA in Audiovisual Communication from University of Navarra (Spain) and a postgraduate in Directing from FAMU (Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague). From 2009 until 2013 he taught filmmaking at the University of Montevideo in Uruguay. He’s completed further studies of filmmaking and scriptwriting in Maine (US), Prague and Madrid.

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Mr. Daniel Burgui Iguzkiza (Pamplona, 1985) is a freelance journalist and photographer. In recent years he has travelled to more than a dozen countries and published texts and photos in several magazines and newspapers; covering breaking news as well as developing long-term projects: bride-kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan, the exodus of refugees crossing European borders and the Mediterranean sea or the lives of child miners in Bolivia. To know more, please visit: www.dburgui.com

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