- The documentary on torture Blue Folder has received the audiovisual prize 2023. Among other reasons, the Basque Institute of Criminology has made public the harsh reality of the torture it has shown and the quality it has brought to the screens. They have been awarded Ander Iriarte and Katti Pochelu, who has led the work.
The documentary Blue Folder has been awarded by ARGIA for:
"In Euskal Herria, we don't have Guantánamo, or Abu Ghraib. Not at least officially, although it has been shown that over 5,000 Basque citizens who have gone through the police stations of Hego Euskal Herria and Spain have suffered torture.
The publication of the invisible has an intrinsic importance, but more so if this covert practice of political intentions has been massive and systematic. While official truths are counted through superproductions, there is a risk of secretly stifling the tragedy of a people. And so, for the experiences of thousands of people not to be forgotten in a bookshelf, works like this are essential.
So that this does not happen again, to help pay the debt to those thousands of people who are victims of state violence and who have no objection."
Listen to the words of the winners:
Ander Iriarte (@theiriarte) and Katti Pochelu receive the Audiovisual Light Award for the document 'Blue Folders'. Listen to your words after receiving the prize. #illuminators pic.twitter.com/dCBuku1g8S
— ARGIA (@argia) January 27, 2023