In “Karmele,” one of the Basque films at this year’s festival, the Basque language itself comes under threat. For centuries, rulers sought to stamp out cultural difference, Franco banning Basque from ...

In France, to “sing like a Basque” means you sing “loudly, well, and often,” according to Mark Kurlansky’s Basque History of the World. And it is no wonder why on chant comme un Basque is a French ...

Altuna's Basque-language epic traces Karmele's life from 1937 exile to return from Venezuela, weaving love, music and resistance. "Karmele" is positioned as one of the year's most ambitious Basque ...