ABOUT US
Sirimiri Films is an audiovisual production company based in the Basque Country and directed by Estibaliz Urresola, a filmmaker with a singular vision, committed to telling stories from an ecofeminist perspective, attentive to minoritized identities, and deeply connected to the territory, its culture, and the Basque language as starting points for dialogue with the universal.
Her projects explore the human condition with sensitivity, creating works of authentic emotional strength and international reach, capable of connecting with diverse audiences (Cuerdas – Cannes 2022 – and 20,000 Species of Bees – Berlinale 2023).
At Sirimiri Films, we champion bold narratives that combine artistic rigor, social engagement, and a poetic gaze that elevates the everyday into cinematic storytelling with global resonance.
At Sirimiri Films we also support bold narratives that combine artistic rigor, social commitment and a poetic vision that transforms the everyday into a cinematic storytelling with global resonance, as happens in the projects we are part of such as La Koreana or El Canal de la Mancha.
TEAM WORK
Through the collaborations established along our trajectory we have created a professional network that allows SIRIMIRI FILMS face with confidence and solvency all the needs of the different production stages.
estibaliz urresola
(Bilbao, 1984) Graduate of Audiovisual Communication (University of the Basque Country); Editing and Editing Theory (EICTV Cuba); Masters in Film Direction (ESCAC Barcelona), since 2011 she has produced, written and directed numerous short films and a feature-length documentary that has appeared at national and international festivals.
CURRENT PROJECTS:
20,000 SPECIES OF BEES (long feature film, shooting in 2022) EFM – Berlinale; MFI Script 2 Film Workshops scholarship for 2021. Premiers Plans d´Angers 2020; The Screen La Incubadora -ECAM; International Marketing and Distribution Workshop – EAVE and EUROPA CREATIVA; Co-production Workshops: internationalization routes – Europa Creativa Desk MEDIA Euskadi and the Festival of San Sebastián.
FILMOGRAPHY:
CUERDAS (fiction – short film, 2022). Produced by SIRIMIRI FILMS. Production assistance from the Provincial Council of Alava, the Basque Government and the Ministry of Culture, Government of Spain.
POLVO SOMOS (fiction – short film, 2020). Produced by SIRIMIRI FILMS. Production assistance from the Provincial Council of Alava and the Basque Government. Best Script Award ZINEBI 62; Grand award best Basque Short Film ZINEBI 62. Best Actress and Jury Award in the Malaga Spanish Film Festival; Candidate to the Goya Awards 2022 as best fiction short film.
THE DECLENSIONS (fiction – short film, 2018) – Alcances Official Selection. Best basque short film Cine Invisible Bilbao; Rights acquired by Basque Public TV (Basque Television).
VOCES DE PAPEL (Feature documentary, 2016) Premiered at the International Film Festival of San Sebastián. Best documentary film at the Festival Zinemaldia.cat Barcelona.
ADRI (fiction – short film, 2012) Nantes Spanish Film Festival; Izmir International Short Film Festival; Adana Golden Bol Mediterranean; Short Film Festival; BSFF Belgium Market; FICUNAM; Films de Femmes Créteil + 50 selections.