Erroibar Films®is an independent film production company established in 2004 to support the creative work of film director Karlos Alastruey.

Our passion and main focus is the production of fictional short films, feature films and documentary films that, on account of its themes, aesthetics and approach to reality, may contribute to promoting changes in the mindset as well as informing social transformations more in keeping with our vision of human beings as inherently noble.

Education, the youth, the arts, women´s status, modern society issues, death, human identity, all these are crucial questions in today´s world. We take an active interest in all of them through the multifaceted lenses of the arts and filming capabilities.

WORKS

LA SOMBRA (The Shadow, 2008, 7’)
- Short fiction film on innocence´s loss.

SLAUGHTERHOUSE (2008, 3’)
-Short fiction film on consumer´s habits. 

DOCUMENTAL “ROCA BON: THE QUEST FOR THE SUBLIME” (2007, 30’)

1. Fictionalised documentary on Catalonian painter Roca Bon and his extensive art production.

- The Swansea Bay Film Festival, Gales (June 2008).

DOCUMENTARY FILM “ART & SCHOOL” (2007, 85’)
- A feature film on art and education.

SHORT-FILM "ARDIA" (2006, 13’)

- Director and script writer of this fiction short-film hinging around social exclusion issues and the destruction of diversity in our modern societies.

AWARDS WON BY “ARDIA”

1. “Selected Work Award”, JVC Tokyo Video Festival (2007).
2. “Best Experimental Film”, Canada International Film Festival.
3. “Best film in its category”, Festival de Cine Pobre de México (2007).
4. “Silver Bear”, Ebensee Film Festival, Austria (June 2007).
5. Finalist at the PIA Awards, Japan (2007).
6. Finalist at Ciutat de Terrassa Film Prize (2007).

SHORT FILM "DESTRUCTION" (2006, 5’)

- Director and script writer of this fiction short film on the influence of TV on children.
- Cinespagnol, Film Festival of Spanish Cinema, Toulouse, France (October 2006)
- Los Angeles International Children’s Film Festival, USA (October 2006)
- JumpCuts, Victoria Film Festival, Canada (June 2007)
- International Children Film Festival of Istanbul, Turkey (September 2007).

SHORT DOCUMENTARY "THE ART OF THE SPIRIT” (“EL ARTE DEL ESPÍRITU"; 2006, 55’)

- Director and co-script writer of this documentary on the difficulties faced by contemporary artists.
- International Film Festival on Fine Arts, Szolnok, Hungary (September 2006).
- The Swansea Bay Film Festival, Gales (June 2007).
- Independent Panorama – Athens, Greece (October 2007).

AWARDS WON BY “THE ART OF THE SPIRIT”

- Nominated for best international documentary at The Swansea Bay Film Festival, Gales, (June, 2007).

SHORT DOCUMENTARY “JUAN LEYVA IN DIALOGUE ” (“DIÁLOGOS CON JUAN LEYVA”; 2005, 18’)

- Documentary featuring the life and work of this Andalusian painter living in Mérida (Extremadura, Spain).
- Entrant to the itinerant Portuguese-Extremenian contest “The shortests month” (“El mes más corto”), October 2005, Cáceres, Badajoz, Evora and Lisbon.
- Pamplona Film Festival (October 2005).
- Secuenciacero, Vigo, II Documentary and Audiovisual Film Festival (November 2005).

SHORT DOCUMENTARY “SIRAN´S EYES” (“LOS OJOS DE SIRAN”; 2005, 10’)

- Short film on an Armenian student at the Mérida Fine Arts School.
- The Harmony Film Festival, Sidney, Australia, October 2005.
- Boiroimaxe, Galicia, November 2005
- Documentary Festival "Santiago Álvarez, Cuba, March 2006
- Ebensee Film Festival, Austria, June 2006
- Madrid Short-film Festival, June 2006

SHORT FILM “AINHOA AND THE SEA” (“AINHOA Y EL MAR”; 2004, 22’)

- Director and script writer of the short film “Ainhoa y el Mar”, produced by Erroibar Films. This film was shot between 19-25 July 2004 in Navarre and France. First screened on 28 November 2004 at the Golem Cinema Theater, Pamplona.
- Entrant to the Official section XVI Ankara International Film Festival, March 2005
- II Festival Internacional de Cine Pobre de Gibara, Cuba, (April, 2005)
- II Human Right Film Festival, Baleares (May 2005)
- Ebensee Film Festival, Austria (June 2005)
- Festival Cause and Effect, Edmonton, Canada (July, 2005)
- 05 Platforma Video Festival, Athens (October, 2005)
- Catagena Film Festival (November 2005)
- Arona Short-film Festival Arona (December, 2005)
- Screening rights acquired by ETB.
- The DIY Film Festival, Hollywood (February 2006)
- AFIA- Aarhus Festival of Independent Arts, Denmark (April, 2006)
- Flexiff, Sidney, Australia, (September, 2006).
- The International Festival on Cinema and Technology, USA (2007)

DOCUMENTARY “SCHOOLS” (“ESCUELAS”; 2004, 55’)

- Director and script writer of “Schools” documentary, featuring various aspects of adolescent life. The film was shot in Navarre and Extremadura.
- Ideactiv Section, V Pamplona Film Festival (October, 2004)
- II festival de cine y derechos humanos de Barcelona (October, 2004).
- III Pyrenees Documentary Film Festival, Espiello III (March, 2004)
- II Human Rights Film Festival, Baleares (May, 2005)
- Festival Cause and Effect, Edmonton, Canada (July, 2005)
- 05 Platforma Video Festival, Athens (October, 2005)

SHORT FILM “THE LIGHT FOREST” (“EL BOSQUE DE LA LUZ”; 2003, 28’)

1. Director and script writer of “The Light Forest” (“El bosque de la luz”; 27’28”), shot in Navarre in August 2003. Co-produced by Erroibar Films and Fase 3.
2. Entrant to the official section of the International Film Festival of Non-aligned Countries held in Pyongyang, North Korea (September 2004).
3. Entrant to the official section of the Panorama International Independent Film Festival, Thessalonica (October, 2004).
4. Invited to the Human Rights Film Festival (May, 2004).
5. Entrant to the official section of the Nations Film Festival, Ebensee, Austria, (June 2004).
6. Fusiónica 6.0. Granollers Video Film Festival (November, 2004).

- Playa de las Américas Arona Festival , Canary Islands ( December, 2004).
- II Short Film SOS- Racismo Contest, Madrid (March, 2005).
- UNESCO Film Exhibition, Igualada (September 2005).
- Festival Sedicicorto, Forli, Italia (September 2005).

1. TV network ETB has acquired the screening rights of this film.

AWARDS WON BY “THE LIGHT FOREST”

- Bronze Bear at the “Festival der Nationen”, Ebensee, Austria (June, 2004).
- UNICA gold medal at the “Festival der Nationen”, Ebensee, Austria (June, 2004).

WORKS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS (2008)

FEATURE FILM “MUD” (“LODO”)

1. Director and co-script writer of the feature film “Lodo” (Mud), a small budget film sponsored by the Public University of Navarre.

PROJECTED FEAUTURE FILMS

FEATURE FILM “ATLÁNTICA”

- Director and co-script writer of  “Atlantica”, a feature film whose script is currently undergoing its fifth review. Canadian-based Film Production House Xerxes Indie Films has shown interest in its production.

FEATURE FILM “SÍETE VALLES” (“SEVEN VALLEYS”)

- Director and co-script writer of “Siete Valles”, now undergoing its second script draft review. The script came out finalist at the Queens International Film Festival, New York, as well as Hollywood´s Writemovies contest.

FEATURE FILM “LOGIA”

- Director and co-script writer of feature film “Logia”, now in its second script draft review.

FEATURE FILM “BIP”

- Director and co-script writer of feature film “Bip”, now in its third script draft review.

KARLOS ALASTRUEY´S BIO-FILM PORTFOLIO

Born in Bilbao (Basque Country) in 1963, holds a PhD in Physical Sciences from the University of the Basque Country and currently works as a Senior Lecturer at the Public University of Navarre.

As a film-maker his filmography centres on issues of social, cultural and human interest. Most of his films can be checked out at the prestigious film database IMDB (www.imdb.com).

His first fiction short-film, “The Light Forest” (“El bosque de la luz”) was awarded the gold medal by the UNICA (UNESCO Independent Film-Makers Union) in 2004 for promoting understanding amongst peoples.
His short film “Ainhoa and the Sea” (“Ainhoa y el mar”) entered the competition at the DIY Film Festival, Hollywood, in 2006. In 2007 Ardia was one of the entrants at the International Festival on Cinema and Technology, in Los Angeles, New York and Orlando (USA).
His latest short-film “Ardia” won a “Selected Work Award” at the Tokyo Video Festival, in March 2007, and won the best experimental award at the Canada International Film Festival.
Several of his works have been screened on TV (ETB, ATEI Iberoamericana and cable channels).