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).
Graduate from the Political Studies Institute in Paris and PhD in Arts, Martine Offroy has always worked in the field of culture. She started her career in 1969 with Le Nouvel Observateur and later, in 1972, joined Editions Gallimard, where she rubbed shoulders with the most important authors of French literature, for which she has a real passion. It was at this time that she launched the magazine Cinématographe, where she was accompanied by Jacques Fieschi and Philippe Carcassonne.
In 1977, Nicolas Seydoux and Daniel Toscan du Plantier called her to join Gaumont, where she was in charge of external relations. In 1985, Nicolas Seydoux appointed her Director of the Cinémathèque and of the Gaumont Museum, making her Director of the Gaumont Heritage. In 2004, she became President of the Gaumont Pathé Archives, the company in charge of preserving the Gaumont and Pathé film newsreels and the catalogue of silent movies for both companies.
Martine Offroy has been President of the Toulouse Cinémathèque since 2003 (where she took over from Toscan du Plantier), is Vice-President of the Cinémathèque Française and Director of Protocol at Cannes Festival since 1985.
She holds the highest French distinctions, including the Chevalier des Arts et Lettres and the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.