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).
Endika Rey, Neus Sabaté and Felipe Cabrerizo spent two weeks at ARTXIBOA, the San Sebastian Festival archive, working on their research. They are the first three people to benefit from the José Ángel Herrero-Velarde grants, organized by the San Sebastian Festival and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, and promoted by Gipuzkoa Provincial Council. In the first call for submissions, they are researching the work of new directors who have taken part in the Festival, cinema in the sphere of socialist countries and the reunion between Josefina Molina, Pilar Miró and Cecilia Bartolomé in San Sebastian.