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).
A press conference was held yesterday to present the thematic retrospective that the Film Festival is devoting this year to the best of recent French cinema, entitled “Backwash: the cutting edge of French cinema”. About 40 films make up this selection that according to Laurent Cantet, “shows how diverse our cinema is nowadays”
The president of the Official Jury was accompanied by three other directors who have films being shown in the retrospective: Lucile Hadzhihalilovic, a member of the New Directors Jury, Serge Bozon and Gaspar Noé.