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).
For the fith time, the Argentine Carlos Sorin is taking part in the Official Section of the Festival, after having competed with Eversmile New Jersey in 1989, Historias mínimas (Special Jury Award at the 50th Film Festival in 2002), Bombón, el perro (FIPRESCI Award 2004) and El camino de San Diego (Special Jury Award at the 54th Festival in 2006). His latest film features Marco, a fifty-year-old ex- alcoholic who is advised to find a hobby to dry out: he chooses fishing in a small village in Patagonia, which just happens to be where his daughter lives, who he hasn’t seen in years.