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The film on Elkano, criticized for whitening imperialism, opts for the Goya Awards of Spain

  • The film Elkano, the first round of the world, co-financed and promoted by thriving institutions in Spain and Euskal Herria, has been nominated for the Goya Award for the best animated film. In the meantime, the possibility of the same film being offered in cinemas is being considered in the Philippines after the dealer has withdrawn.

04 December 2019 - 11:03
Angel Alonso zuzendaria filmaren protagonistekin. Irudia: Bidasoako Hitza

On 25 January, the main awards of Spanish film will be given, and between the Basque representation, Elkano, of director Ángel Alonso, will offer the first round of the world. It will be one of the three candidates for the best animation film. The children's film was created by the producer Dibulitoon and has the collaboration of the Basque Government, the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa, EiTB and the Government of Spain. The Elkano Foundation that has been set up in the Basque Country to honor and commemorate the Getariarra Joan Sebastián Elkano has been the main promoter of this film in the Basque Country, and in Spain it has done "V Centenario, 1st Tour of the World".

The film, which has considered a work to be rewarding for Spanish cinema, has not been seen with the same perspective in lands that have suffered the consequences of Spanish imperialism for years. Proof of this is the balance of criticism he received before the premiere of the film in the Philippines. So much so that the company in charge of distribution in cinemas in the Philippines has lagged behind. Currently, several historians and experts discuss Elkano’s suitability for bringing the first round of the world to cinemas in the Philippines or not.

The laundering of Spanish imperialism is the most common criticism that has been received in the film, but there are also criticisms from another point of view. One of them is that the main characters of Elkano's film are a copy of the film El Camino de Dorada set in the conquest of Mexico, as well as a machista touch to the aesthetics of the female characters. In this news we receive these criticisms.

A series of adventures

According to Telecinco, RTVE, the Spanish public, has begun to produce a series on "the maritime prowess" of Elkano and Magellan. It consists of four one-hour episodes, recorded entirely in Spanish and, according to RTVE, "with a first level artistic and technical team".

The series will be an international co-production, of "great ambition and budget", as the organizers stressed in a statement. Through fiction, the program will try to tell "one of the greatest feats of history" in the world. To do so, they will use codes specific to the genre of actions and adventures, with the aim of "attracting viewers from all over the world".


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