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The 10th Zinetika Festival, to take place in Pamplona, Donostia-San Sebastián, and Bilbao, includes the screening of recent video-dance short films as well as a competition. Laida Aldaz, choreographer and festival director, will be the curator of the Festival’s activities, held in the context of the TopARTE Program.
Full program available here from November 28
Screening of selected films in competition from the 2025 Zinetika Festival
Languages: OV films with Spanish subtitles
Duration: 90 min.
* Program subject to change
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Zinetika Festival

The 10th Zinetika Festival, to take place in Pamplona, Donostia-San Sebastián, and Bilbao, includes the screening of recent video-dance short films as well as a competition.

Zinetika Festival | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Kuraia Festival 

In anticipation of Christmas, the Museum is hosting a concert by the brass quintet Magna Boskotea in the context of the Kuraia Festival. Magna Boskotea is a five-musician ensemble based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, whose lively, brilliant performances explore the broad sound potential and quality of brass instruments. The program will include regular items in the quintet’s repertoire as well as pieces especially composed for them, such as Francisco José Villaescusa’s Basajaun. The musicians that make Magna Boskotea are Unai Eseverri (trumpet), Iker Urreta (trumpet), Asier Urreta (French horn), Iñigo Sarasola (trombone), and Joaquín Díaz (tuba).
The concert will be hosted by Andrea Cazzaniga, director of the Kuraia Festival. A concert organized with Kuraia in the context of the TopARTE program of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
Duration: 70 min.
* Activity subject to change
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Kuraia Festival

In anticipation of Christmas, the Museum is hosting a concert by the brass quintet Magna Boskotea in the context of the Kuraia Festival

Kuraia Festival | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Film Screenings: Let’s Go to the Movies [18+]

Brush up your English in an informal setting by watching OV films and discussing them with the help of British Council teachers. This month, the film chosen belongs to the More Film for Freedom program, which explores stories dealing with equality and diversity, gender and identity.
A Bird Called Memory, 2023 
Directed by Leonardo Martinelli 
Producers: Rafael Manuel, Naomi Pacifique, Rafael Texeira, Leonardo Martinelli 
Cast: Ayla Gabriela, Henrique Bulhões 
UK with Brazilian collaboration 
OV Portuguese with English subtitles 
Runtime: 15 min.
A musical about Lua, a trans woman who has lost her pet bird in the streets of Rio de Janeiro. The search reveals that Rio can be a hostile, brutal place for transgender people. As young Lua journeys to find her pet, music and cinema become a space of resistance and hope.
An activity organized in collaboration with the British Council
Conducted by: Anne Wilding 
Duration: 75 min. 
Language: Film in Portuguese (OV) with English subtitles 
Limited capacity
* Program subject to change

Brush up your English in an informal setting by watching OV films and discussing them with the help of British Council teachers.

Film Screenings: Let’s Go to the Movies [18+] | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Saturday, December 20

This month, we will be streaming the concert that marks French conductor Raphaël Pichon’s debut with the Berlin Philharmonic. They will perform the Mass in B minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, an extraordinary composition with all the elements of Baroque music: powerful arias, elaborate fugues, and gorgeous choral movements. Pichon is an expert in Baroque music.
Performers:
Nikola Hillebrand, soprano
Xenia Puskarz Thomas, mezzo-soprano
Beth Taylor, mezzo-soprano
Emiliano González Toro, tenor
Huw Montague Rendall, baritone
Christian Immler, bass-baritone
RIAS Kammerchor
This activity is organized with the Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall and the Bilbao Philharmonic Society in the context of the TopARTE program of the Museum.
Duration: 120 min.
Once the concert starts, late arrivals will not be allowed in.
Broadcasting service provided by the Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall.
* Activity and program subject to change.

Livestream Concerts: Berlin Philharmonic

This month, we will be streaming the concert that marks French conductor Raphaël Pichon’s debut with the Berlin Philharmonic.

Livestream Concerts: Berlin Philharmonic | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Performance DESaNUDA

Aerial dance performance by Maitane Sarralde in the context of the new exhibition of works from the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Collection. Sarralde will perform in a play of light and shadow, her suspended body in dialogue with the surrounding architecture.
Duration: 40 min.
* Activity subject to change

Aerial dance performance by Maitane Sarralde in the context of the new exhibition of works from the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Collection. Sarralde will perform in a play of light and shadow, her suspended body in dialogue with the surrounding architecture.

Performance DESaNUDA | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Zinetxiki Zinemaldia

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Family Holiday Season

Children and Families

Special Film, Music and Dance session at the 10th edition of the International Zinetxiki Zinemaldia Festival
Film, music and live dance can all be enjoyed as part of this special session celebrating creativity as a language of cultural expression. Cinema invites us to imagine and perceive situations and stories created with images, while music and dance contribute the expressive power of the body and sound, transmitting a collective memory and shared emotions. Together, these expressive arts enrich people's experiences, stimulating artistic sensitivity and promoting the intellectual, social and physical development of children with their families.
Performed by: Ana Capilla and Kike Mora.
An activity organized with the TopARTE program of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
Duration: 75 min.
Age: 3+
Language: Silent films and OV films in Spanish and Basque with subtitles
* Program subject to change
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Begin your Christmas holiday with an afternoon filled with film and live music, courtesy of Zinetxiki Zinemaldia, a festival organized by Begira Elkartea.

Zinetxiki Zinemaldia | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Children’s Shows: Closka

In December, the Museum will be staging Closka, a show for kids by Panic Map aimed at raising awareness of the need to take care of the environment and be in contact with nature. Closka is a stage experience to help audiences think of the beauty and the responsibility of living in our little corner of the universe. In a fascinating journey, it reveals the story of Closka, a turtle with a dangerous mission: finding the way back home.
Directed and produced by Juan Pablo Mendiola, Closka was premiered in 2023. Since then, it has received numerous awards. Panic Map takes a multidisciplinary approach, going beyond the traditional boundaries between the arts to fire the imagination and stimulate curiosity.
Performers: Laura Valero, Joan Ballester
Duration: 45 min.
Age: 4+
Language: Show with no dialogue
* Activity subject to change

In December, the Museum will be staging Closka, a show for kids by Panic Map aimed at raising awareness of the need to take care of the environment and be in contact with nature.

Children’s Shows: Closka | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

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Online Art Courses: Films and Museums: Four Encounters between the Language of Film and Art Venues

In this online course, we will explore the relationship between films and museums, revisiting some of the most remarkable moments of the dialogue between them.
Conducted by: Juan Zapater, cultural agent and author writing about art and film
Target audience: Adults 
Type of course: Online 
Structure: 4 modules, 16 video lessons, additional resources 
Workload: 6 hours (at your own pace) 
Language: Spanish 
Certification: Upon completion of the course, participants will get a certificate
What will you learn in this course?
<ul>
<li>The ways in which the language of film interacts with museums in a rich and complex dialogue.</li>
<li>Examples of films and filmmakers focusing on this relationship.</li>
<li>Simple tools to analyze films from various perspectives using different methods.</li>
<li>The work of women filmmakers and the role they have played in the history of film.</li>
</ul>
Introduction
The earliest motion pictures date back to 1895. They were screened in fairs by precursors like George Méliès and the Lumière Brothers. Confined within the realm of popular culture, cinema rose to the form of art in the first decades of the twentieth century thanks to pioneering filmmakers such as D. W. Griffith. However, it would take a few more decades for films to make their way into museums. This would only happen after the emergence of digital media, in the later decades of the twentieth century. Before, their humble origins kept films within the sphere of low culture, unable to cross the line that separated entertainment from art.
Even though the avant-garde and surrealism explored the expressive possibilities of cinema in their creative experiences, and despite the existence of experimental film, the dominance of Hollywood and the American film industry kept films away from museums of contemporary and modern art for decades. Ironically enough, it was only when it went from celluloid to digital that cinema found its way to museum galleries and exhibitions.
Contents and Method
The course is divided into four modules, each module revolving round a key film.
Module I: Une visite au Louvre, by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub (France, 2003).
Module II: Russian Ark, by Alexander Sokurov (Russia-Germany, 2002)
Module III: The Square, by Ruben Östlund (Sweden, 2017).
Module IV: Vertigo, by Alfred Hitchcock (United States, 1958).
Each module will consist of a discussion of the corresponding film in context, followed by an analysis of the connections between the film and the museum featured in it.
In the video lessons, other examples will be provided of film/museum matches, which will offer a wider view of the changes in narratives, uses, and creations in the history of film.
Each module will use a different combination of methods and media, including films, images, and texts.
Participants are encouraged to watch the films on their own before the course starts, if they have never watched them before.

In this online course, we will explore the relationship between films and museums, revisiting some of the most remarkable moments of the dialogue between them.

Online Art Courses: Films and Museums: Four Encounters between the Language of Film and Art Venues | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

15€ Adults - 7.5€ Senior - 7.5€ Students

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Online Art Courses: Films and Museums: Four Encounters between the Language of Film and Art Venues

Zinetika Festival

Kuraia Festival

Film Screenings: Let’s Go to the Movies [18+]

Livestream Concerts: Berlin Philharmonic

Performance DESaNUDA

Zinetxiki Zinemaldia

Children’s Shows: Closka