Aizpea Goenaga Mendiola (
San Sebastián
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,
Guipúzcoa
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,
Basque Country, 26 November 1959) is a Basque actress and
film director
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. She was the director of
Etxepare Basque Institute
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, the institute of the
Basque language
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and
culture
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between 2009 and 2016. She belongs to a well-known dynasty of Basque actors, Aizpea is the aunt of
Bárbara Goenaga, an actress herself, the daughter of the actress
Juani Mendiola Barkaiztegi and the sister of the artist
Juan Luis Goenaga.
Filmography
As a film actress
* ''
Obaba'' (2005)
* ''
Semen, una historia de amor
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Plot
Artificial insemination clinic neurotic work ...
'' (2005)
* ''
Yoyes'' (2000)
* ''
Carretera y manta
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The Carretera Aus ...
'' (2000)
* ''
Sí, quiero...'' (1999)
* ''
Pecata minuta'' (1999)
* ''
El ataque del hombre mochila'' (1997)
* ''
Cuestión de suerte'' (1996)
* ''
Adiós Toby, adiós'' (1995)
* ''
La gente de la Universal'' (1991)
* ''
El invierno en Lisboa
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'' (1991)
* ''
Santa Cruz, el cura guerrillero
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'' (1991)
* ''
Ander eta Yul'' (1989)
As a television actress
* ''
Bi eta bat'' (2012)
* ''
Hospital Central
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'' (2004)
* ''
El comisario
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'' (2000)
* ''
Teilatupean'' (2000)
* ''
Goenkale
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'' (2000)
* ''
Hermanas'' (1998)
* ''
Periodistas''
* ''
Jaun ta jabe''
* ''
Nire familia eta beste animalia batzuk''
* ''
Duplex'' (1993)
* ''
Bi eta bat''
* ''
Beni eta Marini''
* ''
Hau da A.U.
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* Hậu Riv ...
''
* ''
Bai Horixe''
As a director
* ''
Sukalde kontuak'' (2009)
* ''
Zeru Horiek'' (2006)
* ''
Duplex'' (1993)
Awards
* In 2011 she received the Simone de Beauvoir Prize from the Exhibition of Film Created by Women.
References
External links
*
Official Website of the Etxepare Basque Institute
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1959 births
Living people
Film directors from the Basque Country (autonomous community)
Spanish women film directors
Actresses from San Sebastián
Basque-language actors