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).
Our Newsflashes provide daily updates on the media repercussion enjoyed by the films selected for the different Festival sections and the list of professional activities scheduled for the following day. Newsflashes are sent out to all industry professionals accredited.
“The eroticism of the film does not lie in the explicit, but in the texture that runs through the film and its sound direction, which makes the skin tingle with something like ASMR vibrations in order to convey to the audience the pleasure felt by the protagonist (…)”, Harri X. Fernández, DEIA
“Starring an imposing and sensual Noémie Merlant in the role of a woman who is apparently rigid, confident, with a certain irony, but with that latent eroticism, visceral inside, (...) the film manages to reflect with subtlety, courage and great visual power that female exploration of pleasure and desire” Júlia Olmo, CINE EUROPA
“It is musical, drama, intrigue, thriller and a deep reflection on transition”, Oti Rodríguez Marchante, ABC
“In a quite legitimate and noble way, Emilia Pérez plunders all the usual ingredients of the traditional soap opera from top to bottom, starting with an implausible plot, followed by unexpected twists, improbable coincidences and some vulgar songs, to end with high drama. The ingredients are first class and the mixture of them all is right on target”, Alberto Moyano, EL DIARIO VASCO
“It is a curious artifact that offers much more than you first expect: it is presented as a documentary about the gypsy guitarist but, in the style of the film Searching For Sugar Man, it gradually uncovers an exciting and impactful family secret” Mitxel Ezquiaga, EL DIARIO VASCO
“The director tells this family story in a moving way. It is touching to see how he explores and narrates all this intimacy through the testimonies of its protagonists and their environment, their voices, their words, their ways of speaking, their contrasting memories.” Júlia Olmo, CINE EUROPA
“Mati Diop, who claims to be indebted to Weerasethakul or Cassavetes, summons not only the real spirits but also the ghosts of colonization”, Begoña del Teso, EL DIARIO VASCO