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Euskal zinemak azken urteotan eman duen egilerik esanguratsuenetakoa da Koldo Almandoz. Nazioartean ezagun egin duten film laburrak—Razielen itzulera (1997), Belarra (2002), Amuak (2004), Midori (2006),Columba Palumbus (2007), Ahate pasa (2009) eta Deus et machina (2012 —oinarri harturik, haren zinema iradokitzailearen giltzarriak ezagutzera ematea da ikerketa-lan honen xede nagusia. Alegia, zuzendari donostiarraren zineman nagusi diren gaiak, baliabide narratiboak nahiz aukera estetikoak ere doitasun osoz biluztea. Hala, film laburrak analizatu ostean, Almandozen zinemaren izaera finkatuko da. Genero-hibridazioa, narrazio-jokoa eta irudiaren nagusigoa ardatz dituen interpretazio askeko zinema da.

GAKO-HITZAK: Film laburra · Intriga · Genero-hibridazioa · Iradokizuna.

The cinema of Koldo Almandoz: free cinema where suggestion is the centraltheme

Koldo Almandoz is one of the most significant filmmakers to have emerged in Basque cinema in recent years. The main purpose of this article is to uncover the keys to his suggestive filmmaking. Taking as a basis the short films that brought him international recognition —Razielen itzulera (1997), Belarra (2002), Amuak (2004), Midori (2006), Columba Palumbus (2007), Ahate pasa (2009) and Deus et machina (2012)— the aim is to reveal with rigour and precision the subjects, story lines and aesthetic proposals that predominate in his work. His cinema is open to free interpretation and its main axes are genre hybridisation, narrative experimentation and the primacy of the image.

KEY WORDS: Short films · Intrigue · Genre hybridisation · Suggestion