Exhibitions

Curators: Marçal Mora, Víctor Navarro & Alejandro Rodríguez

From the very outset, gēmu or Japanese videogames, have been very closely linked to cinema: as early as 1986, an anime film of Super Mario Bros. was seen in cinemas; Famicom featured a Konami videogame adaptation of the American film The Goonies, and Fuji TV screened an adaptation of the Nintendo game Nazo no Murasame Jō. The two media have been interlinked ever since in a dynamic of constant exchange, not only with each other but also with other Japanese media and concepts of popular culture in the country.

This exhibition takes us on a journey through these crossover points, focusing on what is known as the media mix, experiments in interactive cinema, popular icons, and above all the presence of fantasy and horror elements as two cultural and creative nodes in Japanese videogames

Screenings (Okendo KE)
13 October (18:30) Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale (2017). Tomohiko Ito. Japan
14 October (18:30) Overlord, el reino sagrado (2024). Naoyuki Ito. Japan

Guided tour with the curators: 1 November (12:30)

Poster: V15

Okendo K. E.
Nafarra etorbidea 7
19 September – 7 November
from Monday to Friday: 10:00 – 14:00 / 16:00 – 20:30
Saturdays: 10:00 – 14:00 / 16:30 – 20:00
1 and 2 November: 11:00 – 14:00 / 17:00 – 20:00

This exhibition takes in some of the most iconic films of the horror genre, which from the earliest days of the Seventh Art has endowed our collective consciousness with a countless series of characters, monsters, creatures of the night, beings from other worlds and from our own that now populate some of our favourite nightmares.

Twenty-five films are depicted by Fernando Vicente in this show arising out of the book Cuando nacen los monstruos – Mitos del cine de terror (Lunwerg Editores, 2022). Two images are presented for each of them: an illustration and a possible poster. Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, Norman Bates, Freddie Krueger and Hannibal Lecter are among the characters portrayed.

The self-taught Fernando Vicente produced his earliest works as an illustrator in the first half of the 1980s, in the magazines Madriz and La Luna de Madrid. After a few years working in advertising, towards the end of the last century he resumed his illustrations in the newspaper El País and its various supplements, standing out in particular for his contributions to Babelia, which won him three Awards of Excellence from the Society for News Design. His art has also been featured in such magazines as Europa Viva, Ronda Iberia, Lápiz, Rock de Lux, Vogue, Playboy, Gentleman, Letras Libres, Interviú, Cosmopolitan and DT.

Illustration: Fernando Vicente

Activities Hall of the Municipal Library
San Jeronimo kalea
31 October – 16 November
from Monday to Friday: 17:00 – 20:00
weekends and holidays: 11:00 – 14:00 / 17:00 – 20:00

Curator: Jorge Madejón

María Jiménez (Irun, 1990) studied nursing at the UPV and is a self-taught illustrator. After completing her degree and starting work at a hospital, experiencing the situations typical of the profession together with the rest of the staff, she started jotting down comic strips about her work in a notebook around 2015. Encouraged by her colleagues, she decided to begin digitising them to share on Instagram. Having seen how well they were received, she set about trying to publish them in physical format. Five years later, and Entre enfermeras won the popular vote as Best Work at Cómic Barcelona 2025, while the strip has also received the "Work of Healthcare Interest" seal of approval.

Letucse (Lorca, Murcia, 1984) has lived in Renteria for the last 15 years. A self-taught drawer and illustrator, she has produced numerous illustrations of well-known anime and manga characters, such as her collaboration with the Horror Film Festival for the exhibition “Dragoi Bola”-tik infinitura. Akira Toriyamari omenaldia. Her work also covers such manga as the webcomics Lady Letus and Assassins Panties.

Jorge Madejón

Illustrations: María Jiménez & Letucse

Central Library
Alderdi Eder
31 October – 22 November
from Monday to Friday: 10:00 – 20:30
Saturdays: 10:00 – 14:00 / 16:30 – 20:00

Promoted by Grupo Albia, a leading nationwide company in the funeral services sector, in partnership with Donostia Kultura and the Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, the travelling show arrives in the Basque Country for the first time, with 12 of its famous giant skulls being placed on display in Plaza Ramón Labayen.

Inspired by the Day of the Dead, a traditional Mexican festival included on the UNESCO Intangible World Heritage List, Mexicráneos offers an artistic vision of funerary culture through its iconic, monumental sculptures. Vibrant colours and innovative compositions reinterpret traditional Mexican skulls, creating a visual journey to transform an urban setting into a homage to life and those who came before us.

Ramon Labayen plaza
1 October – 2 November