Aitor Gametxo Zabala (Lekeitio, Bizkaia, 1989) is an audiovisual technician and filmmaker. He studied audiovisual communication in Bilbao and Barcelona. In 2011, he did a Master’s degree in Creative Documentary at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and since then he has made works of non-fiction, either alone or in group. After making the short films LA CIUTAT TIPOGRÀFICA (with Igone Arreitunandia), IRUDI MINTZATUEN HIZTEGI POETIKOA (with Las Chicas de Pasaik), BERE BIZITZETAKO BAT (One of his Lives) and SOINU GALDUEN BILA (In Search of Lost Sounds), in 2014 he won the X-Films Project award, organised by the Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival. Through this award, in 2015 he made the feature-length documentary EL OTRO MAPA DE ABAUNTZ (The Other Map of Abauntz).
Spain