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).
Second solo film by Gabriel Velázquez, who competed in Zabaltegi New Directors with his debut film, Amateurs (2008) and in Official Section with Sud Express (2005), co-directed with Chema de la Peña. This film, which earned the First Award and the Youth Jury Award at the Nantes Cinespagnol and a special mention from the Jury at the Gijón Film Festival, tells three quiet stories about adolescence that come together in a winter river as it passes through a small town.