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).
I have made a moderate number of short films. They are no less arduous than the extremely long films I have made. Nor are they less interesting. Instead of a bombardment of noise, I chose a bit of intimate silence. Rather than the blur of images which constantly hound us, I opted for clandestine stillness. I gathered intuitively that the character in this short was a genius, and therefore, allowed myself to navigate thorugh a sea of lies. There is nothing more convincing than a well-adorned lie. It turns into a prism. It multiplies. It becomes true. That was my goal. Between history and mythology, I believe in the latter.
Arturo Ripstein