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).
Ondarroa (Biscay), 1970. Spain’s National Critics’ Award for his book of poems in Basque, Bitartean heldu eskutik (Susa, 2001), translated into Spanish, French and English.
His poems have appeared in prestigious literary magazines including The New Yorker and he has recited at screeds of international poetry festivals in New York, San Francisco, Berlin, Bordeaux, Ireland, Italy, Slovenia or Estonia.
He has participated in several multimedia projects comprising poetry, music and audiovisuals. In 2003 he published the book-CD Zaharregia, txikiegia agian, with the musicians Mikel Urdangarin, Rafa Rueda and Bingen Mendizabal, and the illustrator Mikel Valverde, the result of his stay in New York. Arkaitz Basterra has recently completed the documentary Agian, taking its inspiration from this project, which will be screened as part of the Zabaltegi section at San Sebastian Festival.
Kirmen Uribe is currently working on what will be his first novel.