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).
“The film’s attention to detail takes on a significance of its own, so much so that a simple gesture is capable of changing the entire dynamic of the plot”.
Mikel Insausti, GARA
“A pleasant, benevolent and tender film. A characteristic Sorín piece which displays the passion so typical of his work”.
Juan Zapater, NOTICIAS DE GIPUZKOA
“The most skilled film at using blogs and text messages on screen”.
Juan Arteaga, DIARIO VASCO
“Real-life fiction which tells us much more than any documentary. It is a new lesson from the old teacher”.
Gontzal Agote, BERRIA
“It offers an excellent insight into that absurd world”.
Alberto Moyano, DIARIO VASCO
“The pleasant surprise in Gad Elmaleh's characterisation of this modern-day Robin Hood of the rich is its openly satirical, no-holds-barred tone”.
Mikel Insausti, GARA
“Plots, lies and bedroom and office secrets give rise to a series of tragic reverberations which evoke a Shakespearean style”.
Juan Zapater, NOTICIAS DE GIPUZKOA
“The direction the story takes is incredible. After watching the opening scenes, few could have foreseen what was to come”.
Beñat Eizagirre Indo, BERRIA
“Bayona (…) reaches the pinnacle of anguish, tragedy, violence and perplexity”.
Oti Rodríguez Marchante, ABC
“A well-made commercial film”.
Anton Merikaetxebarria, EL CORREO
“Bayona (…) successfully negotiates the difficult task of casting and directing children, reminiscent of Spielberg at his best. The breathtaking beginning to The Impossible also reminds us of a Spielberg production”.
Carlos Boyero, EL PAÍS
“It hits the viewer with the tsunami before striking them with the emotional impact of the ensuing family tragedy”.
Mikel G. Gurpegui, DIARIO VASCO
“An impressive exercise in pure cinematographic virtuosity; a startling (…) piece, reminiscent of something that would be created in the Spielberg film factory”.
Juan Zapater, NOTICIAS DE GIPUZKOA
"Both the style and treatment are courageous, saturated and ghostly, on landscapes that are scorched, forgotten, frozen."
Begoña del Teso, DIARIO VASCO