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).
Bulwer Lytton’s novel The Last Days of Pompeii is one of the most adapted texts in the history of film since the silent period. Cooper and Schoedsack couldn’t miss the opportunity to take it to the screen in a talkie version. The best special effects techniques of the time lend visibility to the magnificent and tragic spectacle of the proud city destroyed by volcanic eruption.