From historic pop and rock figures to a brilliant generation of young musicians breaking new ground: more and more bands and solo performers in the Basque Country are selling out large venues. 

The Basque conflict has left a significant mark on the world of cinema, inspiring numerous fictional works and documentaries. It´s a complex, contentious issue that evokes strong reactions from all sides.

Basque cinema has many of its own characteristics, but there has been a trend in recent years. In the Basque Country, films committed to social debate are gaining greater prominence.

If you haven’t heard of the Basque cheesecake, chances are you will soon. What makes Basque cheesecake so special?

For a decade now, Izaro Andrés has worked as a composer and vocalist. Across her career, she´s released five albums weaving together elements of pop, folk, electronic, and roots music. 

Izaro, Olaia Inziarte and Verde Prato are charting the path for a fresh wave of Basque pop, embracing new trends while staying true to their commitment to quality and depth in their music.

Born in the same year, both are essential figures in Basque culture, each charting a distinct path. Under the long shadow of Jorge Oteiza, we freely reconstruct the story of these two figures.

Basque mythology is being brought to life on screen through several essential titles: ´Errementari´, ´Akelarre´ or ´Irati´.

In recent years, enriched by deeper and more mature narratives, Basque animation has earned widespread international acclaim, marking a period of notable expansion.

Korrontzi is an energetic, dynamic and spectacular reflection of the Basque folk tradition with touches of contemporary rhythm and dance.

Many filmmakers believe that setting the stories of the LGTBI+ community in these environments adds value. After all, the source of the oppression that so many of these people have endured for years stems from their origins in small villages.

They are known for their electronic sound, which draws influence from a variety of musical genres including trap, new wave, and synth-pop.

The flag of this French overseas territory off the south coast of Newfoundland pays homage to the Basques, Bretons and Normans who arrived at least as far back as least the sixteenth century.

The young pop music promise wants to explore in her latest work the sound experience that combines minimalism, psychedelia and roots.

The revival of rural carnival celebrations in the Basque Country allows for the enjoyment of increasingly popular ancient winter rituals connected to nature.

Álvaro Granda weaves a vibrant tapestry of broken beats, uplifting sonics and syncopated rhythms, fusing jungle, house and bruk with jazz sensibilities.

Inziarte mixes traditional and avant-garde sounds, presenting compositions in a captivating "dark pop" style.

Ødei´s debut solo album is sincere, raw poetry free from excess or empty artifice.

Since the creation of the band in 2017, they have been expanding their musical career with their pop, soul and funk music.

Amorante is a project and stage name of Iban Urizar. Urizar has been making and performing music since 2014.

The group ponder the internal struggle of embracing one´s true self within the fabric of our contemporary society. 

Maite Larburu is a highly versatile musician and artist. While she identifies herself primarily as a Folk and Pop artist, her recent albums have embraced elements of Rock as well.

In ´Vuelta al país de Elkano´ (2022), author and journalist Ander Izagirre challenges the perception of Basques as a people confined to the farmhouse.

Their musical style can be described as rock, leaning towards the harder side with a touch of stoner influence.

This band investigates and expands the possibilities of the txalaparta, experimenting with the musicality and the percussion material.

Ezpalak was formed in 2019 when four musicians from other groups decided to join forces to embark on a musical venture inspired by 90´s rock music.

Neomak brings together seven female voices, featuring melodies filled with witchcraft, tambourines, and dance.

On one wall of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao hang 40 small paintings. Facing us, we see a landscape or a sparrow, a gaze, a feather, and a mirror reflecting the visitor in 19th and 20th century circular and oval gilded frames. The author of this time-defying mosaic is Alain Urrutia.

Many universes coexist in Uxue Alberdi (Elgoibar, 1984). Both bertsolari and writer, Alberdi pushes boundaries in her artistic production by leaving room for open-ended inquiries and contemplation.

The positive response to the most recent bersolarismo final, which filled the Navarra Arena with 13,500 spectators, prompts us to analyse the rise of this cultural manifestation.

The death of the last resident of a boarding house established by Basque immigrants marks the end of a chapter whose roots go back to the mid-nineteenth century.

New York is an impossible puzzle made up of pieces of the world. Immigrants erected the skyscrapers that caress the clouds, and built the imagery that symbolises the city. The history of New York has been written by immigrants and since 2018 Kirmen Uribe (Ondarroa, 1970), one of the most relevant Basque writers of his generation, has also become part of this mosaic of identities, languages and cultures.

Things often happen by pure serendipity, like being born in Poughkeepsie, or working in the editorial office of The New Yorker back in the days when people still read paper magazines. Or like going to Madrid to learn Spanish and falling in love with the Basque language. Which is exactly what happened to Elizabeth Macklin.

The closure of the Jai Alai fronton in Dania Beach, Florida, marks the final chapter in professional cesta punta in the United States, once one of the country´s largest gambling events.

This is the beginning of an amazing history, the history of the Basque people through small stories of production, industry, culture and intangible heritage.

At the turn of the new century, a woman in a black skirt stood in the middle of the Brooklyn Bridge, facing the camera. She opened her legs and began to urinate, standing there out in the open.

"Languages are like coats: if you only have one, it’s the only one you can wear, rain or shine. But if you have two, or three, or even more, you can decide which one to put on every day...".

Welcome! Come on in! Come into the theatre and sit down. Choose your seat, your space, your window.

Mikel Laboa is not just any musician; he is a legend. He is still very much alive at public and private events, family meals, schools, among friends, in towns and cities.

For Basques, food is a religion, a blind faith, a celebration, a matter of utmost importance.

The list that follows brings together the soul of Basque literature, a combination of prominent names as well as authors just coming out of their shells. Together they make up a sort of dream team of Basque letters.

Today’s Basque cinema could be compared to a brilliant spring flower: its sturdy, upright stem leads to a series of colourful petals that sparkle in the sun, and suddenly the everything around it becomes incredibly beautiful.