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 Italian director and screenwriter Paolo Sorrentino gave a masterclass at the 69th San Sebastian Festival, where he presented È Stata La Mano di Dio / The Hand of God (2021), following its screening at Venice Festival's official competition. The author of La grande bellezza / The Great Beauty (2013) talked about his latest film and his relationship with the seventh art at the Tabakalera cinema on 22 September 2021.