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).
Pablo Larraín, who participated in the Horizontes Latinos section with his earlier films, Tony Manero (2008) and Post Mortem (2010), won the Directors' Fortnight Award at Cannes with this film. International pressure forced the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet to call a referendum in an effort to maintain his presidency in 1988. The leaders of the opposition convince René Saavedra, a gutsy young advertising executive, to head the campaign to vote NO. Despite their limited resources and the iron-fisted control of the despot's police force, Saavedra and his team carry out an audacious plan to win the referendum.