• TITLE ORTZIMUGAN
• LOGLINE After the bombing of Guernica, seven-year-old Fermín arrives in Britain as a refugee. Lost in an unfamiliar world, dance becomes his refuge.
• FORMATO Short film
• GENRE Animation, Documentary
• SYNOPSIS ‘The Children of War’ tells the true story of Fermín Aldabaldetreku Arruti, known as Pirmin Treku, who fled the Spanish Civil War with his sisters and found refuge in England. What began as a temporary exile became a new life. The short film intertwines his experience as a refugee child with his last performance at the Royal Ballet in London, showing his journey of survival, loss and redemption through dance.
• DIRECTED BY Alize Sotelo Gutiérrez
• ARTISTIC/TECHNICAL INFORMATION Download
• PRODUCTION COMPANIES Hoidek Producciones
• TRACK RECORD IN LABORATORIES OR MENTORING This project began to take shape at Animation Sans Frontières, a European residency funded by Creative Europe MEDIA.
• GLOBAL BUDGET Total budget 91.510,14 €
• PUBLIC GRANTS OBTAINED Generazinema Production 2025
• PRODUCTION PHASE Pre-production
• CONTACT alize.sotelo@gmail.com / 603491173
• FECHA DE ESTRENO 2027
• RODADO EN NAVARRA Si