The documentary Erresistor ("Resistant"), which publicizes the problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, has been awarded at the Ponza Film Awards film festival in Italy. A notable feature of this festival is that, in addition to the annual awards, it awards several creations every month, and the documentary Erresistencia has been one of the winners of February: https://ponzafilmawards.com/february-2024/. This monthly recognition allows the festival to continuously highlight new talents and new ideas in the field of cinema. This practice helps maintain a constant interest in the festival and the participating filmmakers, as well as providing visibility and support throughout the year.

Besides receiving the prize, the documentary will be available on the Primeran platform from today: https://primeran.eus/m/erresistente. Produced and produced by Elhuyar, the documentary will be available to anyone who wants thanks to the EITB streaming platform, and in this way the objective of the documentary will be fulfilled: to make the problem known to society. And that is, superbugs will make infectious diseases a serious health problem. According to the World Health Organization, by 2050 superbugs will be present worldwide and cause more deaths than cancer.

Documentary Erresistor

Bego Zubia Gallastegi is director and screenwriter of the documentary Erresistor. The documentary puts on the table a problem that affects the entire planet, through the testimonies of researchers, doctors and veterinarians. The documentary collects the voice of people who got sick and were able to recover, it will show us that this can happen to anyone, but it also wants to highlight that it is possible to cope with the problem. In this sense, we will have the opportunity to know the details of a treatment that is new in the Spanish state, while listening to the experiences of one of its first patients. “We will be shocked by the testimony of those who have managed to overcome the infection, while bringing to light the serious consequences of the increase in resistant bacteria. All this will help us to address the problem, as part of the solution is in the hands of all of us.” These are the words with which the director of Erresistor summarizes the essence of the documentary.

It is a constructive documentary that exposes the possible solutions through its protagonists, who must face this serious problem. Although the solution does not depend solely on them, we will have important contributions, among others, from the following: Lucía Gallego Andrés, member of PRAN and researcher of the Faculty of Medicine of UPV/EHU; Itziar Alkorta Calvo, professor of the Faculty of Sciences of UPV/EHU and PhD in Chemistry; With all of them, the camera has entered laboratories, farms, purifiers, rivers and hospitals, because resistant bacteria are everywhere.

The gender perspective has been very present in the documentary, both in the selection of people who offer their testimony and in the selection of scientific and medical personnel. The research teams are led by women who also practice in consultation and in homes, as they also work outside the laboratory dedicated to finding solutions to resistant bacteria.

This documentary, which will soon be available on television, has been carried out in collaboration with the FECYT (Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology of the Ministry of Science and Innovation) and the Department of Culture and Linguistic Policy of the Basque Government, as well as with the participation of EITB. In addition, the documentary participated in the Audiovisual Project LAB project of the Audiovisual Producers Association APIKA in 2022. The aim of this project is to promote the production of audiovisual projects, as well as to promote emerging talent and to boost the audiovisual fabric.

Summary of product characteristics:

Director: Bego Zubia Gallastegi
Director: Jon Larrañaga Gurrutxaga
Director of photography: Eukeni Arriortua
Musical composer: Haizea Huegun Durán
Direct sound: Miguel Ramírez
Cantero Installation: Xabier Zabala Agirrezabal
Animation: Robia

Executive producer: Garazi Andonegi Beristain
Producer: Ana González Jaka

Original version:
Euskera Duration: 65

minutes. Contributors:

FECYT. Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology. Science and innovation for all audiences. Basque Government, Department of Culture and Linguistic Policy ICAA.
Institute
of Cultural Industries and Arts EITB. Euskal
Irrati Telebista APIKA. Association of
Audiovisual Producers