Izibene Oñederra is an animated film director with a degree in Fine Arts from the University of the Basque Country. She holds an honorary doctorate from the same university and is currently an assistant professor in the painting department of the UPV-EHU. Her first animation is Hezulbeltzak, una fosa común (2007), a film awarded at multiple festivals that did a very extensive tour of several years at different international festivals and in theaters, film libraries and museums worldwide.