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).
Miren Arzalluz Loroño (Bilbao) has a Degree in History earned at the Deusto University, a MSc Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics and an MA History of Art, specialising in the History of Dress from the Courtauld Institute of Art. Having worked at different British museums, such as the Victoria & Albert Museum and Kensington Palace, she was responsible for the Cristóbal Balenciaga Foundation collection and exhibitions from 2006 to 2013, the period when she published her book: Cristóbal Balenciaga. La Forja del Maestro (1895-1936), (San Sebastian; Nerea, 2010). From 2013 to 2017 she worked as an independent curator in collaboration with different museums such as the Palais Galliera or the Musée de l’histoire de l’immigration in Paris (Fashion Mix. Mode d’ici. Créateurs d’ailleurs; Paris, 9 December 2014 – 28 June 2015), the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum (The 50s: Fashion in France 1947-1957; Bilbao, 10 March-31 August 2015) and the MoMu in Antwerp (Game Changes. Reinventing the 20th Century Silhouette; Antwerp, 17 March-14 August 2016). Meanwhile, she has also worked as a researcher at Deusto University developing her doctoral thesis, Côte Basque: moda, ocio y performatividad (1855-1939). She is currently director of the Etxepare Basque Institute, dedicated to disseminating the Basque language and culture all over the world.