Basque Talent Day 2026: Emerging Filmmakers Showcase Series, Genre, and Animation IP
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Callum McLennan
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Summary
Zineuskadi's Talentuaren Gunea (Basque Talent Day) returned on May 29 as a showcase connecting film schools, training programs, producers, and market professionals in the Basque Country. The event served as a live stress test for early-stage projects, where students and young filmmakers pitched before a fiction jury. The emerging talent showcased is thinking beyond traditional graduation shorts, focusing instead on series, genre content, animation IP, and international industry routes.
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Staged as a Talent Day connecting film schools, training programs, producers and market professionals, the event served as a live stress test for early-stage projects.
Students and young filmmakers pitched before a fiction jury comprising Pedro Andrade of Lab Barcelona, Manuel Lacasa of Abycine Lanza and Filmin programmer Elody Mellado.
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