Biography
Kote was born in Oiartzun, Basque Country, in 1980. He drew comics for fanzine Napartheid and cartoons for local press while he studied Fine Arts at the University of the Basque Country. [10] [11] [12]
He worked as a storyboard artist for Julio Medem, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Max Lemcke and Alex Garland.
He co-wrote, directed, edited, animated and sound designed La Gran Carrera, what would be his first internationally acclaimed production. [13] [14] [15] [16] The film, based on an original idea by Asier Altuna, was nominated for the 24th European Film Awards [17] and gathered 72 international awards. [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] His second known film Elkartea went on to become the first Basque-language film ever selected at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival. [23] In 2020, he created the Basque independent news outlet Independentea.eus and has been its editor ever since. [24] [25]
Kote put together a film production company, Komiki Films. [26] [27] He published his own comic: Txillardegi eta Monzon Bergaran, [28] [29] related to his documentary film Txillardegiren Klika [30] about the Basque linguist Txillardegi, created for the 21st edition of Korrika, a major Basque cultural event.
Puzzleak, The Rape Palace [31] is a short film he wrote and directed together with the woman behind its real story, which involves a photographer and abuser from San Sebastian. The case behind the story turns out to be a local version of an Epstein-kind of intelligence services operation. [32] [33] [34] Their short film gained recognition, and was pre-selected for Goya Awards in 2024. [35]
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