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).
Oscar-winning director Susanne Bier’s 15th film A second chance is a drama that places vulnerable people in circumstances beyond their control and once again revolves around the family, one of her favourite themes. On this occasion the Danish director deals with fatherhood, “because cinema often shows the strong feelings that mothers have for the children, but rarely shows what fathers feel about them,” she pointed out during the press conference she gave after the screening of her film yesterday. The actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau claimed that he accepted the role as soon as he read the script. He said that thinking about losing your children was a real nightmare and putting himself in that situation had been a real challenge.