The Basque word hezurbeltzak does not appear in dictionaries. It is a non-existing word used to describe socially invisible groups. Its literal translation would be “black bones”.

Azkoitia, 1979. She got a degree in Fine Arts at the University of the Basque Country and she specialized in painting and in animation cinema. She wrote a thesis on the figure of the antihero and how it has been represented in contemporary art. She exhibits her work regularly with the Epelde-Mardaras gallery from Bilbao. She has organised animation workshops for children and nowadays, she took part in the Berbaoc animation project, which is coordinated by Isabel Herguera in the Arteleku centre in San Sebastian.

Director’s filmography
2007 Hezurbeltzak, una fosa común (35 mm, 4,30 min.)