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).
Since 2014, the Industry Department has been organising the Focus on, an industry initiative under which a group of professionals from a country, region or territory comes to the San Sebastian Festival to expand their network of professional contacts and participate in the Industry activities. In 2023, thanks to collaboration with Cinema do Brasil, eight Brazilian professionals from the audiovisual sector will have the possibility to find partners for their projects and to increase their co-production opportunities with other European and Latin American countries.