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).
In collaboration with the Literaktum Festival of Donostia Kultura, the Okendo cultural centre hosted a conversation on 19 September 2022 on the relationship between film and literature with Selva Almada. The Argentinian writer and screenwriter, who has worked alongside directors such as Lucrecia Martel, was a member of the New Directors jury at the 70th San Sebastian Festival.