Bilbao, mid-August. Jone, 20, lives with her father and younger sister, Marta. Aitor, Jone’s father, has had to leave his job due to the effects of Parkinson’s disease. At the same time, the festivities of Bilbao’s Semana Grande begin, during which Jone will fall in love for the first time. Throughout this summer, Jone navigates between the feeling of immortality she experiences with Olga, the girl she falls for, and the fear of being left alone because of her father’s illness.
Sara Fantova (Bilbao, 1993) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter associated with Basque independent cinema. She studied at ESCAC (the Film and Audiovisual School of Catalonia), specializing in film directing.
Her graduation short film, No me despertéis (2018), premiered at festivals such as Seminci and Rotterdam. She also participated in the collective feature film La filla d’algú. Her first feature as a director, Jone, batzuetan (Jone, Sometimes, 2025), is a coming-of-age story set during Bilbao’s Aste Nagusia festival, exploring first love and a father’s decline due to Parkinson’s disease.
Fantova received a Special Jury Mention at the Málaga Film Festival 2025 for Jone, batzuetan and won the Best National Film Award at the Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest.
