Kote Camacho
| Kote Camacho | |
|---|---|
Kote in 2022 | |
| Born | 14 June 1980 Oiartzun, Basque Country |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Fine Arts, University of the Basque Country |
| 💼 Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, animator, storyboard and comic artist |
| 📆 Years active | 1999–present |
Kote Camacho (born 1980) is a Basque filmmaker, comic artist and animator..[1][2][3] Best known for directing La Gran Carrera (2010),[4] a piece of dark humor with un unusual unfolding of a horse race, skillfully blending historical reconstructions and archival footage,[5][6] nominated for European Film Award for Best Short Film.
Biography
Kote was born in 1980 to a teacher mother and an architect father, in the Basque town Oiartzun, where he grew up drawing and experimenting animation since a very young age.
He drew comics for fanzine Napartheid and cartoons for local press while he studied Fine Arts at the University of the Basque Country. In 2001, he worked as a motion graphic designer and animator in a local TV station of San Sebastian. He became a storyboard artist for Julio Medem, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Max Lemcke and Alex Garland.
He co-wrote, directed, edited, animated and sound designed what would be his first internationally acclaimed production, La Gran Carrera, based on an original idea by Asier Altuna. The film was nominated for the 24th European Film Awards[7] and gathered 72 international awards.[8][9][10][11] His second known film Elkartea went on to become the first Basque-language film ever selected at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival.[12] In 2020, he created the Basque independent news outlet Independentea.eus and has been its editor ever since.[13][14]
Puzzleak, The Rape Palace[15] is a short film he wrote and directed together with the woman behind its real story, which involves a photographer and abuser from San Sebastian. The case behind the story turns out to be a local version of an Epstein-kind intelligence services operation. Their short film gained recognition, and was pre-selected for Goya Awards in 2024[16]
Kote put together his own production company, Komiki Films.[17][18] He is also an independent book editor since 2025, year he self-published his comic Txillardegi eta Monzon Bergaran,[19][20] related to his documentary film Txillardegiren Klika[21] about the Basque linguist Txillardegi, created for the 21st edition of Korrika, a major Basque cultural event.
Written, Directed & Produced films
- La Gran Carrera ('The Great Race') (2010) (Production company: Txintxua Films)
- Elkartea ('The Society') (2013)
- Don Miguel (2014)
- Beti Bezperako Koplak (co-directed, 2016)
- Areka ('The Ditch') (co-directed, 2017)
- Txillardegiren Klika ('Txillardegi's click') (2019)
- Puzzleak, Bortxaketaren Jauregia (2024)
Animation
- Caótica Ana (Julio Medem, 2007)
- Urzekzo Eraztuna (Jon Garaño, 2011)
- Nuestro viejo y el mar (Lander Camarero, 2017)
- Margolaria (Oier Aranzabal, 2018)
- Die Rückkehr der Wölfe (Thomas Horat, 2019)
- Priest Prison (Oier Aranzabal, Ritxi Lizartza, 2021)
- Matxitxako (Jesús Lacorte, 2022)
- Diciassette (Thomas Horat, 2023)
- Popel (Oier Plaza, 2025)
Storyboard
- Caótica Ana (Julio Medem, 2007)
- Casual Day (Max Lemcke, 2007)
- 28 weeks later (Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, 2008)
- The Green Man (Alex Garland)
- Gartxot (Asisko Urmeneta, Juanjo Elordi, 2011)
- A Escondidas (Mikel Rueda, 2014)
- Popel (Oier Plaza, 2025)
Comic written & drawn
- Hona Bostekoa! / Txillardegi Bergaran (Udalbitza, 2023)
- Zitroi Ur Komikiak - Gaueko Encontrua / Joseba Sarrionandia Komikitan (Txalaparta / 2002)
References
- ↑ Tesis Doctoral: El Modelo Productivo Del Cortometraje De Animación Independiente En España. Financiación, Márquetin Y Distribución En 2008-2018 Presented by: Mrs. Adriana Navarro Álvarez. Directed by: Dr. Mrs. María Lorenzo Hernández. València, december 2019. (Page 1135, «un corto donde la animación jugaba un papel importantísimo: La gran carrera, de Kote Camacho». Retrieved 10.07.2025)
- ↑ Kote Camachoren komikiak eta animazioak, komikipedia.eus. Retrieved 16.06.2025
- ↑ 'La gran carrera' de Kote Camacho, Kimuak, Euskadiko film laburrak. Iincluded 07.09.2023
- ↑ La Gran Carrera, Txintxua Films web. Retrieved 16.09.2023
- ↑ Revisitando el cine documental: de Flaherty al webdoc Editor: Vanesa Fernández Guerra. Prologue: J.M. Català Domènech. CAC, Cuadernos Artesanos de Comunicación / 83. (Page 169, «En 'La gran carrera' Kote Camacho combina las imágenes documentales de las carreras del hipódromo de Lasarte de principios del siglo XX...») ISBN – 13: 978-84-16458-15-8
- ↑ Zabbal, chronique de chiffonniers Canada, Québec 2011. Élie Castiel, Séquences. Le Revue De Cinéma. Número 274. Sept-oct 2011. (Page 31) ISSN: 0037-2412 (imprimé); 1923-5100 (numérique). 2011
- ↑ "La gran carrera". Archivo del Cortometraje Español (in español). Retrieved 2025-07-09.
- ↑ La distribución internacional de cortometrajes a través de catálogos autonómicos: el caso Kimuak Nekane E. Zubiaur, Iñaki Lazkano, Ainhoa Fernández de Arroyabe. University of the Basque Country / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (page 36, "La gran carrera, de Kote Camacho, 66") Included 29.04.2013
- ↑ Premios / Cortometraje La Gran Carrera Archivo del cortometraje. Included 09.07.2025
- ↑ Kote Camacho, Zasta Films Short Film Wire. Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Network. Included 09.07.2025
- ↑ Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay : La grande messe Élène Dallaire, Séquences, La Revue De Cinema. Numéro 272, mai-juin 2011. ISSN: 0037-2412 (imprimé); 1923-5100 (numérique)
- ↑ https://www.etxepare.eus/en/basque-short--films-at-clermont-ferrand Basque Short Films at Clermont Ferrand Etxepare Euskal Institutua / News. Included 09.07.2025]
- ↑ Indepententea.eus editors, Editors Page, Independentea.eus. Retrieved 08.07.2025
- ↑ Interview with Kote Camacho, Bixi-Bixi Segura Radio. Retrieved 16.09.2023
- ↑ Puzzleak: The Rape Palace Basque Audiovisual. Retrieved 05.06.2025
- ↑ Puzzleak, el palacio de la violación 39 edición de los Premios Goya/
- ↑ Komiki Films Web Web of the production company. Retrieved 01.07.2025
- ↑ Komiki Films Basque Audiovisual. Retrieved 01.01.2025
- ↑ Txillardegi eta Monzon Bergaran komikipedia.eus, 2025. ISBN:978-84-09-68945-3
- ↑ 136. MKpod. Aurkezpena: Txillardegi eta Monzon Bergaran, 2025-03-11 Marruma Kulturalak youtube kanala. Retrieved: 30.06.2025
- ↑ Korrikaren bidelagun eitb.eus, Euskal Irrati Telebista. Retreived 01.06.2025
External links
- Kote Camacho – IMDb
- Komiki Films
- Kote Camacho – FilmAffinity
- La Gran Carrera – FilmAffinity
- Don Miguel – Kimuak
- La Gran Carrera – Kimuak
- Elkartea – Banatu Filmak
- European Film Awards Talent
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