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).
Maria Mur, the director of the contemporary art production company, Consonni, is forming part of the New Directors Jury. She says this is the first time she has been a judge at a film festival, and that what she is looking for are films that are unconventional and that have something experimental about them. As a member of the audience she can enjoy a wide variety of films, but she thinks that it is very different to see a film as a juror: “when all’s said and done, it’s a job that you’re doing and you need to be really alert. While you’re watching the film, you are trying to find arguments to defend or criticise it. I realise that when I go and see something from other sections, I relax a lot more”