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).
A Saturday evening cocktail at the San Sebastian Festival’s Industry Club celebrated the 25 anniversary of the European Union’s Media Program. It has cause to celebrate. Part of the European Commission’s Creative Europe from 2014, the Media Program can boast at least two large achievements. There’s the money. From 1991, Media has ploughed €2.4 billion ($2.7 billion) into film, TV, video. Six of the past seven Oscar winners for foreign-language film received Media support, whose budget is currently €110 million-€120 million ($123 million-$134 million) a year. Without Media coin, some Europea films and TV shows could