Abata

Abata (2026)

A short documentary film narrated by Orson Welles and Gerardo Damboriena, one of the last pigeon hunters of Etxalar

  • Genre: Documentary, Drama, Adventure
  • Release Date: 2026-06-25
  • Runtime: 0h 24min
  • Language: euskera
  • Production Company: Capirú Studios
  • Production Country: Spain
  • Directors: Aner Etxebarria Moral, Pablo Vidal.

Summary

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.

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  • 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
Directing Aner Etxebarria Moral Director
Directing Pablo Vidal Director
Writing Aner Etxebarria Moral Writer
Editing Rubén Crespo Editor
Sound Asier Renteria Music
Camera Fernando asensio Director of Photography

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