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).
Masahiro Kobayashi took his inspiration from a true event for this film, competitor at the Cannes Festival: the kidnap of activist Nahoko Takoto by Islamic terrorists. However, the real subject of the film is the intransigence of Japanese society and how she was judged simply because she had survived.