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 Chilean director and scriptwriter Fernando Guzzoni, who won the New Directors Award here in 2012 with Carne de perro, is himself a member of the Kutxa New Directors jury this year. He explains that the way he sees films as a juror requires greater commitment as he’s not just a member of the audience watching a film: it involves concentration, questions and then reflecting on the film afterwards. “It’s also a tremendous responsibility, because I’ve been on the other side and I really empathize with the directors and how nervous they’ll be about a world premiere, but we have all pledged to be rigorous, sensitive and demanding with the work they have all done.”
He also adds, “I enjoy the connection I feel with the other new directors in whose work I can see a vision that is very close to mine, in its visceral style, the daring scenes or in common subject matter.”