Helena Taberna is a screenwriter, director and film producer. With seven feature films released in theatres, Bar Helena’s career stands out for the coherence of the projects she chooses and her personal cinematographic style. His filmography has enjoyed the support of the public and critics, and has won numerous international awards since its inception. Social issues of great importance are the backdrop of his films. Topics that strike and excite us, as well as generate complicity and provoke reflection in audiences from different countries and cultures.

In the mid-1990s, he began to write, direct and produce short films, fiction and documentaries, including 87 letters of love (1992), Alsasua 1936 (1994) and Adolfo (1996). Her first feature film, Yoyes (2000), about the Basque conflict and starring Ana Torrent, had a great impact between critics and the public and won numerous awards.

Helena then premiered Extranjeras (2003), which is based on the phenomenon of migration; La buena nueva (2008), on historical memory and the Civil War; Nagore (2010), which proposes a reflection on gender violence; Acantilado (2016), which delves into the universe of sects; Varados (2019), on the current situation of refugees; and Nosotros (2025), a reflection on romantic love, based on the novel Isaac Rosa Feliz Final.

The prize is a replica of a monolith called Memory –Memory in memory of all the victims of the Basque artist Aitor Mendizabal.

Human Rights Film Festival Award

In 2007, the Festival de Cine de los Derechos Humanos Award was presented for the first time, in recognition of the work they have done and the commitment they have made to people who work in cinema. That year the award was given to the actor Pilar Bardem for his career in the defense of human rights, democracy and peace, and for his solidarity and work in favor of the most vulnerable causes and groups. Elias Kerejeta, Iciar Bollain, Montxo Armendariz, among others, were the winners.