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).
Born in 1969 in Ronse (Belgium), audiovisual artist Nicolas Provost lives and works in Brussels. In his films he uses cinematic language to influence the interpretation of images and stories. His movies delve into our collective film memory and generate a visual poetry of hypnotic beauty.
His works have been screened at prestigious festivals, garnering a long list of awards.
His first feature, L’Envahisseur (The Invader), will be presented in the Zabaltegi-Pearls section at San Sebastian Festival, after having competed in Venice Festival’s Orizzonti section, as did his 2011 short film, Moving Stories. Stardust, made in 2010, participated in Orizzonti at Venice last year.
His filmography includes a string of shorts, among which are: Storyteller (2010), Long Live the New Flesh (2009) -a competitor at the Berlinale 2010-, Plot Point (2007) -nominated for the European Film Academy Awards-, Gravity (2007), Suspension (2007), Induction (2006), The Divers (2006), Exoticore (2004) and Papillon d’amour (2003).