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).
Todd Phillips directs, co-writes and produces Joker, his personal take on the infamous DC comics villain, a story encompassing the more traditional mythology of the character, but addressed from a totally original angle. For the filmmaker, the character of Arthur Fleck, masterfully embodied by Joaquin Phoenix is, above all else, a man who struggles to find his place in Gotham’s fractured society.