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).
Ascendente is an animated 3D short that takes its inspiration from works by the engraver Paco Aguilar. Taking as an element the imaginative world of the work by this artist from Málaga, this is an attempt to make spectators feel as though they are submerged in the essence of the oneiric state, where the valuue of time is altered and sensations prevail over stories.