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).
After studying Photography at the University of Provence in Marseilles, he studied Film at the IDHEC (Institut des hauts études cinématographiques).
He went on to make two short films, Tous à la manif (1994) and Jeux de plage (1995, included in the "Backwash" retrospective at the San Sebastian Festival in 2009), followed by a telefilm for ARTE, Les sanguinaires, as part of the series 2000 vu par…
He later directed seven full-length feature films, all screened at our Festival, where some of them won awards:
1999: Ressources humaines (Human Resources, New Directors Award at the San Sebastian Festival)
2001: L'Emploi du temps (Time Out, Lion of the Year in Venice, presented in Zabaltegi at San Sebastian)
2005: Vers le sud (Heading South, Best Actor for Ménothy Cesar in Venice, presented in Zabaltegi-Festivals Top at San Sebastian)
2008: Entre les murs (The Class, Palme d'Or at Cannes, presented in Zabaltegi-Pearls at San Sebastian)
2012: 7 días en La Habana (7 Days in Havana), segment La fuente (presented in Zabaltegi-Specials at San Sebastian)
2012: Foxfire (Best Actress Silver Shell for Katie Coseni at the San Sebastian Festival, ex-aequo with Macarena García)
2014: Retour à Ithaque (Return to Ithaca), presented in Venice Days, Toronto and the Pearls section in San Sebastian