DIRECTED BY: Sara Fantova
SCREENPLAY by Sara Fantova, Nuria Dunjó, Nuria Martín
EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION: Carmen Garrido, Judit Navarro, Kevin Iglesias
PHOTO: Andreu Ortoll
MUSIC: Pablo Seijo
ART DIRECTION: Erik Rodriguez
EDITION: Oriol Milan
COSTUME: Isis Velasco
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: Daniela Combe
Elena Valverde
Andrea Vilches
DIRECT SOUND: Lucia Herrera
SOUND PRODUCTION: Oriol Donat
CASTING DIRECTOR: Amets Zulueta
COUNTRIES: Spain
LANGUAGE: Basque and Spanish.
SUBTITLES: Spanish
YEAR: 2025
GENRE: Drama.
RELEASE IN CINEMAS 12 SEPTEMBER 2025
JONE, BATZUETAN
The film tells the story of Jone (20) coming of age. The young man lives his first love, and at the same time the effects of his father’s Parkinson’s suddenly accelerate.
In Bilbao’s Big Week, Jone will live between the sense of immortality she spends with Olga and the rejection of the Father’s peculiar way of crossing her illness.
Because of these events, Jon will know that that summer he’s becoming an adult who’s starting to be that little girl.
DIRECTOR
Sara Fantova
Bilbao, 1993. In 2013, she began her studies at ESCAC (Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya), specializing in film directing two years later. She graduated in 2018 with No me despertéis, a short film that premiered in the Official Selection of the 63rd Seminci and screened at numerous international festivals, including the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
She was also one of the eleven co-directors and co-screenwriters of La filla d’algú, a collective feature film mentored by Sergi Pérez and premiered at the Málaga Film Festival. The film earned Aina Clotet the Silver Biznaga Award and won the Movistar+ Award for Best Zonazine Feature Film.
After working as a script supervisor and in the casting department on several productions, in 2023 she co-directed the series This Is Not Sweden (Esto no es Suecia) alongside Aina Clotet, Mar Coll and Celia Giraldo. The series was produced by 3Cat and RTVE Play in co-production with Sweden.
JOURNEY
Awards and Festivals
- 2024 — San Sebastian International Film Festival
Zinemira Section. - 2025 — Malaga Festival
Official Section of Feature Films for Competition. Special Mention of the Jury for Sara Fantova. - 2025 — D’A Film Festival Barcelona
Collective Impulse Section. Collective Impulse Award for Best Film. - 2025 — Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival
Panorama Spain. Official Selection.