Z365" or "Festival all year round" is the new strategic point of the Festival in which converge investigation, accompaniment and development of new talents (Ikusmira Berriak, Nest); training and cinematic knowledge transfer (Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, Zinemaldia + Plus, Filmmakers' dialogue); and investigation, disclosure and cinematic thought (Z70 project, Thought and Discussion and Research and publications).
Adaptation of Carmen, a novel by the French writer Prosper Merimée, in which Bizet was inspired to compose the opera of the same name. Set in Seville, in 1820, during the reign of Fernando VII (1814-1833). Carmen, a young gypsy woman who works in a cigar factory, falls head over heels in Lieutenant Don José.