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).
ZINEMALDIA STARTUP CHALLENGE is a competition for business projects. A public-private initiative aiming to foster the generation of new entrepreneurial projects based on new technologies and aimed at the audiovisual field, and to support their development in the Basque Country.
Zinemaldia Startup Challenge is the core initiative of the second edition of Zinemaldia & Technology, organised by the San Sebastian Festival, Tecnalia, Tabakalera and Petronor, which has the collaboration of Creative Europe MEDIA and of the applied research centre Vicomtech.
The winning business project will receive a cash prize of 10,000 euros. The 5 finalist projects will have:
(*) Some programmes providing funding support and backing require proof of registered residence in the Basque Autonomous Community and/or of having a registered company address in the Basque Autonomous Community.