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).
Tea Lindeburg (Copenhagen) is a Danish director/screenwriter who grew up in the Middle East and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. She entered film as a cinematographer which shows in her very visual approach to storytelling.
Tea has worked in television for many years earning her multiple Robert nominations at the Danish Academy Awards, the latest with her Netflix Show Equinox based on her own podcast which in 2017 brought her a nomination for best radio fiction at Prix Italia. Du som er i Himlen (As in Heaven) is her debut feature and won two Silver Shells at San Sebastian Film Festival in 2021, one for Best Director and one for Best Leading Performance and has since its premiere travelled to more than 30 festivals worldwide including TIFF, Busan, BFI London Film festival, Rotterdam and Sydney Film Festival. The film continues its journey and winning awards, the latest being Best Nordic Film at the Gothenburg Film Festival.