A documentary film based on Marcos Morau and Jon Maya’s show
“Oskara” means bringing together Kukai Dantza and Marcos Morau / La Veronal. It is the union between two choreographic universes and two perspectives of dancing that navigate between the most popular roots and the most avant-garde expression.
“Oskara” is an installation work that reviews some aspects of Basque culture, myths, from their origins to the present time, describing a plastic and emotional path of symbols and iconography with an ambiguous and disconcerting force which, in the most absolute way, contains within it the history of human experience.
The project “Oskara” is consumed in a scenic show, in a format that combines cinema and dance and in a documentary directed by Iñaki Alforja and Pablo Iraburu.
If you want to know who you are, dance
Film & Dance
If you want to know who you are, dance.
Oskara Plazara is a work of film and dance that proposes a route around passages of the Basque culture: myths, traditions, symbols, from its origin to the contemporary time.
In Oskara Plazara, dancers from Kukai Dantza are integrated in the documentary “Oskara”, filmed by Pablo Iraburu and Iñaki Alforja, which records the creative process of the homonymous dance work created by Kukai Dantza and Marcos Morau in 2016.
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A film by Iñaki Alforja and Pablo Iraburu about the Kukai Dantza show created by Marcos Morau.
Synopsis
“Oskara” is a documentary film. The story arises from the meeting between Marcos Morau, an innovative choreographer from Valencia, and Kukai Dantza, a group of traditional dancers from the Basque Country. Together they create an amazingly beautiful show. The creative process and the final result allow us to talk about a main issue: Who am I? What is my identity? Through dance we address issues that are key in Europe today: tradition and freedom, land and language, creation and conventions, history and future.
Statement of Directors Pablo Iraburu and Iñaki Alforja
We strongly believe in the codirection as a tool of creation especially productive. During our production process we have discovered that Oskara’s creation process gave us the opportunity to address issues that are interesting to us and which we believe are key to the historical moment in which not only our region but also Europe as a whole is found. What is the relationship between tradition, culture and personal identity? Oskara allowed us to talk about this issue in a way that interests us: through creation and beauty.
We believe that this documentary is necessary. Because it serves to provide positive elements that help the viewers to obtain their own answer to the questions we do. It is necessary to take care of our tradition. It is important to do it from our freedom.
Tradition and innovation, origins and freedom.
CREDITS
Codirector
Iñaki Alforja
Independent filmmaker. He has worked many times with Arena; he worked as a camera operator in Nepal for “Pura Vida“. Along his career he has specialized in documentaries, but he has also produced numerous different projects: adverts, corporate videos, films and music video clips. Two of his lasts projects are the feature length documentary “Motxila 21“, where he worked as director, scriptwriter and editor; and the documentary TV series “Yasuní, genocide in the jungle”, for the channel Discovery Max.
Codirector
Pablo Iraburu
Pablo Iraburu is the founder and director of Arena Comunicación. He has been the executive producer, codirector and scriptwriter of the feature documentary films “Nömadak Tx” (2006),“Pura Vida / The Ridge” (2012), “Wall” (2015) and “District Zero” (2015). All of them where filmed in many countries, and currently are being distributed worldwide. Apart from his documentary maker facet, Iraburu produces audiovisual works for different museums and NGOs, such as Medicus Mundi, Oxfam or United Nations. He is a documentary lecturer in the University of Navarra.
Show Director
Jon Maya
In 2002 he created the company Kukai Dantza. He has managed to create a unique style based on traditional dance from his country that is original, recognisable on the international scene and which in terms of contemporary dance and modern-day performance techniques combines a type of deep-rooted contemporary dance with contemporary ancestral dance.
One of Jon Maya’s main characteristics is his ability to combine and bring together different artists and artistic disciplines. There has been a great deal of collaboration with choreographers, stage managers and musicians, etc., such as: Cesc Gelabert, Marcos Morau&La Veronal,, Israel Galván, Damián Muñoz and Virginia García, Mireia Gabilondo, Jone San Martín (Forsythe Ballet), Carlos Núñez, and the Euskadi Symphony Orchestra.
Production Companies
Arena Comunicación is a documentary production company for cinema and TV. It has been devoted for over ten years to the documentary production, having in charge all the process, from the idea to the master. Its documentaries “Nömadak Tx” (2006), “Pura Vida” (2012), “Walls” (2015) and “District Zero” (2015) have been premiered in the San Sebastián International Film Festival, the first of them were premiered. In addition, the company has specialized in different kind of projects, such as documentary series for TV (“Al Otro Lado”, “Desafío 14+1”), corporate videos and videoinstallations for museums.
Direction Crew
Directed by Iñaki Alforja, Pablo Iraburu.
Executive production Pablo Iraburu, Iñaki Alforja, Jon Maya Sein.
Production manager Itziar García Zubiri.
Heads of production Ohiane Iriarte, Nagore Martinez.
Writed by Pablo Iraburu.
Filmed by Iñaki Alforja.
Edited by Migueltxo Molina.
Postproduction cordination Nuria Pérez Martínez.
Postproduction and color Miguel García Iraburu.
Technical Crew
Second unit cameras Migueltxo Molina, Miguel García Iraburu, Óscar Illingworth, Pablo Iraburu.
Assistant camera Santiago Londoño.
Editing assistant Óscar Illingworth.
Sound mixer Noise Studioa.
Technical supplier Pixel.
Mastering Dcpcine.
Accounting and legal advice Lara Etxauri.
Translations Lara Etxauri, Juanita Cardona, Sustrai Colina.
Legal advice Artekari.
Music Xabier Erkizia.
Except:
Belokeko giroa Oldarra Abezbatza.
Passed over trail Raime.
So it goes Greg Haines.
Ama Euskadi Mixel Achigar.
Aurresku Peio Duhalde.
Piano improvisation Iñar Sastre.
Oskara show crew
Project direction Jon Maya.
Idea and stage direction Marcos Morau.
Choreography assistants Lorena Nogal, Marina Rodriguez.
Music Xabier Erkizia, Pablo Gisbert.
Dramaturgy Pablo Gisbert.
Dancers Eneko Gil, Ibon Huarte, Alain Maya, Martxel Rodríguez, Urko Mitxelena.
Singer Erramun Martikorena.
Costume design Iraia Oiartzabal.
Technical team Ángel Agüero, David Bernués.
Atrezzo Mikel Ibarzabal.
Production manager Nagore Martínez.
Distribution Doltza Oarartea.
A movie. A show. A story. Dance.
Gallery
Screening Room
Where can you see Oskara?
27th July
Oskara Plazara
Lekeitio
30th November
Oskara Plazara
Sopela
30th November
Oskara Plazara
University of Navarra (Pamplona)