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Abata

A short documentary film narrated by Orson Welles and Gerardo Damboriena, one of the last pigeon hunters of Etxalar

2026
24 min
DocumentaryDramaAdventure

Overview

In 1955, fascinated by the ingenious pigeon hunting with wooden paddles and nets, Orson Welles directed the documentary The Land of the Basques. Today, from a mountain hut on the border between Navarre and France, Gerardo Damboriena, a veteran pigeon hunter, reveals to us in basque the secrets of this more than 700-year-old tradition, now on the verge of extinction.

Production

Capirú Studios · Katz Estudio

Cast & Characters

José Mari Pikabea Iciaga

Self

Jabier Galarregi Iparragirre

Self

Iñaki Danboriena

Self

Iñaki Zubieta Ariztegi

Self

Jasone Mitxeltorena Ozkaritz

Self

Aurelien eta Ewan André

Self

Gerardo Danboriena

Self

Pedro Galarregi Zubieta

Self

Directors & Crew

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Aner Etxebarria Moral

Director

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Pablo Vidal

Director

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Aner Etxebarria Moral

Writer

Screenshots & Stills

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