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THE LAST GOODBYE

THE LAST GOODBYE

Azken agurra

Spain (Basque Country), 2026, DPC, color, 90’


GOLDEN OLIVE
European Feature Film Competition

➔ FRI 13 NOV | 9:00 PM | SCREEN 3


credits

Direction: Koldo Almandoz
Screenplay: Koldo Almandoz
Cinematography: Javier Agirre Erauso
Editing: Laurent Dufreche
Production Design: Zaloa Ziluaga
Music: Aitor Etxebarria
Costumes: Iratxe Sanz
Cast: Iñigo Azpitarte (Tomas), Izaro Nieto (Sara), Laia Escribano Juni (Enara), Josean Bengoetxea (Gimnasio Jabea), Iñaki Beraetxe (Gidaria), Iraia Elias (Miren)
Executive Producer: Marian Fernández Pascal
Production: Garabi Films, Txintxua Films


synopsis

When you own a secular funeral home. When you’ve had your driver’s licence revoked for drunk driving. When you fall in love with an intern 25 years younger than you. When your daughter begins to realise you’re not the father she thought you were. When a retired boxer you owe money to is after you. When death interests you more than life... What could possibly go wrong?


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director's statement

“Azken Agurra is a contemporary fable. A film firmly rooted in the present, yet with a timeless quality and the unmistakable flavour of classic cinema. It’s the kind of film that, as an audience member, I would love to watch.
In my work, I have always tried to avoid grandiosity in every sense. In the stories I tell, in the characters I create, and also in the way I make films. I don’t believe big budgets make great films. I believe our way of working is driven by coherence and a genuine love for the filmmaking process. Because telling a story is important, but so is the way you choose to tell it.
Azken Agurra is, in many ways, a film that goes against the grain. It sits outside the parameters of what today’s industry often demands, and that is precisely what makes it special.”


the director: KOLDO ALMANDOZ

Director, screenwriter, writer and producer, Koldo Almandoz has built one of the most distinctive bodies of work in contemporary Basque cinema, moving seamlessly between fiction, documentary and essay filmmaking.
His films have screened at major international festivals including Rotterdam, Cannes Critics’ Week, San Sebastián, BAFICI, Festival dei Popoli and the Seattle International Film Festival.
His most notable works include Oreina (2018), winner of the Basque Film Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival; Sîpo Phantasma (2016), which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR); and the television miniseries Hondar Ahoak (Mouths of Sand, 2020) and Zeru Ahoak (Mouths of Heaven, 2025), produced for EITB and RTVE.


filmography

1997 Razielen itzulera (short)
2003 Belarra (short)
2004 Amuak (short)
2006 Midori (short)
2008 Columba Palumbus (short)
2010 Ahate pasa (short)
2012 Deus et machina (short)
2015 Hubert Le Blonen azken hegaldia (short)
2016 Sipo Phantasma (medium)
2016 Sailor’s Grave (short)
2016 Kalebegiak (segment Narcisso)
2017 Plague (short)
2018 Oreina
2020 Hondar Ahoak (Mouths of Sand, tv serie)
2020 Breaches (short)
2022 Privacy (tv serie)
2023 Urban. La vida es nuestra (tv serie)
2025 Zeru Ahoak (Mouths of Heaven, tv serie)
2026 Azken Agurra (The Last Goodbye)


awards and festival

2026 San Sebastián IFF – Special Screenings
2026 Warsaw IFF – International Competition

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