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Abata

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

Director
Pablo Vidal
Year
2026
Runtime
24m
Release
2026
Language
eu
Country
ES

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01 · Overview

What it’s about

The story

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.

  • #basque country, spain
  • #black and white
  • #euskadi
  • #pigeons
  • #hunting
  • #documentary
  • #euskara
  • #euskal herria
  • #short film
  • #tradition

  • Directed by

    Pablo Vidal & Aner Etxebarria Moral

  • Written by

    Aner Etxebarria Moral

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