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).
Belgian filmmaker Laura Wandel, who participated in Nest in 2007 with the short film Murs, returned to the San Sebastian Festival to give a master class at its 69th edition. In addition, on 22 September 2021, Wandel also presented her first feature film, Un monde / Playground, at Zabaltegi-Tabakalera, following its premiere at Un Certain Regard of the Cannes Festival, where it won the Fipresci Award.