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).
Claire Denis (Paris, 1946) directed her first feature film, Chocolat, presented at the Festival de Cannes, in 1988. In 1996 she won the Golden Leopard in Locarno for Nenette et Boni, followed amongst others by Beau travail (1999), Trouble Every Day (2001) and 35 rhums (2009). She competed in Venice with L'intrus (The Intruder, 2004) and White Material (2010) and returned to Cannes with Les salauds (2013), presented at Un Certain Regard and Un beau soleil interieur (Let the Sunshine In, 2017), opening movie of the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. In 2018 she competed for the Golden Shell with High Life, winner of the FIPRESCI Prize in San Sebastian. In 2022 she won the Grand Prix at the Festival de Cannes with Stars at Noon and the Best Director Silver Bear in Berlin with Avec amour et acharnement (Both Sides of the Blade, Donostia Award Special Screening).