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).
Michael Lamb, a Christian Friar, teaches teenagers ina reformatory on the Irish coast. He is in charge of one young man in particular, Owen Kane. The repressive regimen instituted by the superior, Friar Benedict, provokes reclusive tendencies in owen, who is an epileptic, but is forced to participate with the other boys in all the activities of the reformatoryy. Michael dispproves of the goals and means of the institution and decides to escape with Owen.