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).
Gilbert Adair is a novelist, poet, scriptwriter and film critic. His novels include The Dreamers (for the film version of which, made by Bernardo Bertolucci, he wrote the screenplay), Love and Death on Long Island (taken to the screen by Richard Kwietniowski), A Closed Book (for the upcoming film version of which, to be directed by Raoul Ruiz, he has also written the screenplay) and the most recent The Act of Roger Murgatroyd.
He also co-wrote the screenplay for The Territory by Ruiz and the English language version of Klimt, by the same director. His latest screenplay, written in collaboration with the director, is for the forthcoming film by Bertolucci, Bel Canto.
He has published several collections of essays on cinema and has collaborated as a film critic with different British magazines and newspapers. He presently lives in London.