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).
The German film Der Hauptmann was screened yesterday in the Official Section. It tells the true story of how a starving young private in the last few weeks of World War Two steals a captain’s uniform and then proceeds to murder and plunder his way across a beaten Nazi Germany. At the press conference he gave accompanied by his actors, the producer, and the composer of the soundtrack, director Robert Schwentke explained why he had shot in black and white, recalling how Michael Powell, on seeing the rushes for Raging Bull, had told Martin Scorsese that he couldn’t shoot in colour because no one would be able to look beyond the blood. He had also wanted to create a certain distance from the horrifying events portrayed in the film.