Julio Medem is one of the most fascinating filmmakers currently working in the arena of Basque, Spanish, European and even World cinema. Thus, his films are being packaged for release in February 2007 as not one but two deluxe but affordable collections by Metro Tartan on Region 2. The first includes Vacas (Cows, 1992), Red Squirrel (La ardilla roja, 1993) and Tierra (Earth, 1996), which has not previously been available. This will be followed by the second box-set containing Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Los Amantes del Círculo Polar, 1998), Sex and Lucia (Lucía y el sexo, 2001) and the 2004 documentary Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone (La Pelota vasca. La piel contra la piedra) . Of special relevance to Swansea is the fact that onscreen film notes on all films and full-length commentaries on Basque Ball and Tierra are being provided by Dr Rob Stone of the Dept. of Media and Communication, who has just finished a critical biography of Medem that will be published by Manchester University Press in February 2007.
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