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BIDASOA 2018-2023

By Fermin MUGURUZA

Documentary - Completed 2023

The racist police control and closure of the border bridges of the Bidasoa river that France imposed in the summer of 2018, to prevent the entry of immigrants in transit to other European countries, has already caused 10 deaths.

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San Sebastian FF 2023

Zinemira

DocsMx 2023

Official Section

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- SPAIN
- Languages
- BASQUE, FRENCH, SPANISH
- Duration
- 70 mn
- Director(s)
- Fermin MUGURUZA
- Producer(s)
- Jone UNANUA (TALKA RECORDS AND FILMS)
- Synopsis
- The police control and closure of some crossings of the Pyrenean-Atlantic natural border of Bidasoa that France imposed in the summer of 2018, to prevent the entry of immigrants in transit to the rest of the European countries, caused 10 deaths in one year. Seven people have died since April 2021 by drowning in the waters of the Bidasoa river between Irun and Hendaye, and another three lost their lives in October 2021 when they were run over by a train in Ziburu.
  
  This documentary, in addition to giving voice and face to several of the activists on both sides of the river, as representatives of the associations Harrera Sarea (Reception Network) and Bidasoa Etorkinekin (Bidasoa with migrants), also remembers those who lost their lives, giving their name, age, journey and dreams, knowing the history and the people behind the cold numbers of deaths, thus humanizing the tragedy.

BIDASOA 2018-2023

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