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).
Based on the Aum sect’s attack on the Tokyo subway system in 1995, Akihiko Shiota constructs a parable that endeavours to take a closer look at the social phenomenon of religious cults. Shunning theatricality, he very delicately tells the tale of a young boy who has spent his whole life hidden away in a sect and who must now face up to the world.