Cinema and Art at Chillida Leku

In collaboration with the ARTE channel, Chillida Leku is organising a film cycle dedicated to the artist in which two films dedicated to the life and work of Eduardo Chillida will be shown at different screenings. The programme includes the screening of Chillida: el arte y los sueños (1998) by Susana Chillida, a personal portrait of Eduardo Chillida through the eyes of his daughter, and El escultor Eduardo Chillida. Poesía y construcción ( 2023), the most recent documentary produced by the ARTE channel about the Basque artist.

Chillida: El arte y los sueños, by Susana Chillida

Written and directed by Susana Chillia, writer and documentary filmmaker. Produced by La Bahía Audiovisual Centre in collaboration with Canal + Spain.

More than a documentary biography, the film presents a unique portrait of Chillida in the first person, from his beginnings to his last project for the Tindaya mountain in Fuerteventura, in the archipelago of the Canary Islands. You can follow the gestation process of the Chillida Leco museum, see a selection of his most significant works for the public space and witness the spectacular realisation of the iron work. In this film you can listen to the testimonies of numerous important people with whom this extraordinary sculptor has collaborated throughout his career.

Year: 1998
Length: 54 min.
Language: Spanish
Direction and production : Susana Chillida.
Music: Alberto Iglesias

The sculptor Eduardo Chillida

Poetry and construction

A documentary on the ARTE channel

He was on his way to becoming a football legend at the age of 19, but suffered a serious injury. Nobody suspected that the young goalkeeper from San Sebastian would become one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. This documentary takes an in-depth look at the work of Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002), on the occasion of the anniversary of his birth.

Year: 2023
Length: 53 min.
Language: German, with Spanish subtitles
Director: Christoph Goldmann, Leif Karpe