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).
This year the Festival also has a specific section devoted to local short films from the new Kimuak catalogue which includes a selection of the best Basque shorts of the year. Kimuak is a Basque Government programme managed by the Basque Film Library.
This year has been the best to date as far as participation is concerned as more than sixty films competed to take part, out of which eight have been selected, several of which have already been chosen for screening at other festivals. Txema Muñoz, who is in charge of managing the Kimuak programme stressed the austerity of the work presented this year and the quality of their scripts.