From Catalonia, we observe with attention how Euskera has rejuvenated its speaker pyramid thanks to the school, but the language is far from being majority in the streets. Imanol Larrea is the director of the Soziolinguistika Klusterra, the research and revitalization center for Euskera that is financed with public and university funds and thanks to pro-language entities. A sociologist and doctor in communication from UPF, he is a great connoisseur of the Catalan reality – he lived in Catalonia from 2008 to 2015: he speaks Catalan perfectly – because he did his thesis here, worked in linguistic reception, and has collaborated with Catalan research groups. He now dedicates all his efforts to creating knowledge about Euskera to outline policies that will lift Basque out of a worrying stagnation. From June 17 to 20, he participates in the Forum on Linguistic Diversity, organized by Linguapax International, with dozens of experts to analyze the global linguistic diversity crisis and how to reverse it.

In the Basque Country, the cinema of Paul Urkijo (Vitoria, 1941) is a phenomenon reminiscent of Carla Simón's in Catalonia. With his debut, Herrementary (2016)He demonstrated the potential of Basque folklore with a remarkable exercise in fantasy cinema, showing a clear sympathy for the devil; and with Irati (2022) He continued exploring the folklore of his homeland to shape a medieval fantasy that broke the all-time box office record for Basque-language films. For Urkijo, filming in Basque is not only the most natural choice, but also "a declaration of intent." "As a lover of my culture, I try to promote and strengthen Basque, which needs things to be consumed in this language and for people to speak it," he affirms.