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).
Born in La Rioja (Spain) in 1938. He graduated in Law at Saragossa University and since 1964 he has been a member of the Senior Body of National Civil Administrators. In 1975 he joined the General Department of Cinematography which would later become the ICAA, (the Institute of Cinematography and Audio-visual Arts). From 1978 until his voluntary retirement in the year 2000 he was General Deputy Director, first of Businesses & Activities and later of International Relations and Promotion, and from this post he publicised Spanish films at various international forums. He was in charge of the Valladolid Film Week in 1974, 1975 and 1978. In 1999 he promoted the first market that specialised in Spanish cinema - the "Lanzarote Screenings" and in 2001 he has set up and co-ordinated two new markets as part of the Málaga Film Festival: "Market Screenings" and "Mercadoc". Recently he was named a member of the FIAPF International Committee of Experts on Festivals and he has been responsible for the "Latin American Cinema for the Next Millennium Festival". In 1998 he received the Golden Camera Award at the Berlin Film Festival.