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On Saturday June 24 Irati was awarded two trophies at the Grossmann Festival to add to its already extensive record book. The movie continues captivating the public everywhere it goes. In this opportunity, at the Balkans, won again the audience award for best feature film.
Moreover, the movie also received a special awarded presented by John MacTiernan for Best Fantastic Feature Chosen Film.
Both awards were collected by Paul Urkijo (director) and Nerea Torrijos (chief costume designer)

After its presentation at the Dark Bridges Festival – a fantastic film festival that takes place in Canada-, Irati solidifies its position as one of the referent movies in the fantasy genre in 2023.

That being said, the movie directed by Paul Urkijo, managed to win the award for “Best Feature Film Silver” after being elected as the second favorite movie by the audience.

From last Friday May 5th, Prime Video subscribers in Spain can enjoy Irati in the platform.

The movie made its debut in the best possible way, becoming the most-watched title over the weekend and staying inside the top-3 all of the week.

At the moment of writing the article, Irati was still the fourth most-watched title in Prime Video.

Last week, on May 14 and 15, Irati premiered in north American territory. More specifically at the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), with the presence of Paul Urkijo (director).

The movie was received with enthusiasm and made the crowd fell in love with it, as it was considered by many among their favorites from this year’s edition.

Will we see Irati find its own commercial path through a circuit as challenging as the American?

The director from Alava, Paul Urkijo, has won the award for best ibero-american director at the prestigious Brazilian festival, Fantaspoa.

This way Irati confirms its good doing internationally and postulates itself as a candidate to expand commercially to other markets outside of Spain.

Beside this festival, the movie has also been present at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF) & the Fantastic Film Festival Australia (FFFA).

After seven weeks in theathres in Spain, Paul Urkijo’s latest movie starts making its way through the international fantastic film festivals.

The first one was Fright Fest in Glasgow, premiering the movie in the United Kingdom.

Throughout April, the movie will be present at festivals in Brazil, Belgium and Germany.

At the XII edition of the European fantastic film festival of Murcia, Irati took home two prestigious awards.

On one hand, the award for best movie. This speaks volumes of the reception the movie, which has been impeccable from both the critics and the public, and solidifies the movie movie with a chance to expand internationally.

And on the other hand, winning the prize for best photography. After being left out of the nominations at the 2023 Goya Awards, the photography teams receives this recognition at the Sombra Festival.

Thank you all!

After becoming the best box-office earner in Euskal Herria amongst those movies premiering in 2023, Irati keeps running strong state-wide.

After seven weeks in theathers, the movie has been watched by over 150,000 people and is closing in on 1 million euro in tickets sales.

Let’s see how far Irati can go, specially in the basque territory, where the movie still has a long way to go.

Paul Urkijo’s second film keeps breaking records when it comes to Basque cinema, now becoming the best-selling movie filmed in Basque.

Moreover, Irati is also the most watched movie in Euskal Herria amongst movies released in 2023.

This milestone is quite an important one, as it demonstrate that the language barrier is not impossible to overcome when you offer the public something to captivate them.