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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).
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Nest is the international competition for short films by film students of the San Sebastian Festival. It gathers students from film schools all over the world, who bring previously selected works in order that they may participate in the screenings of their short films, as well as in the discussions and master classes given by industry professionals.
All of these works will be appraised by a purpose-created jury of students from the selected film schools, with a professional from the film world as its president, who will choose the recipient of the Nest The Mediapro Studio Award coming with 10,000 euros for the director of the winning short film. This is the third year that the Studio has renewed its collaboration with Nest to support new international creative talent.
New this year, the competition will offer two additional accolades: the Movistar Plus+ Award for Best Short Film, entailing the purchase of the rights for its broadcast in Spain via the platform, and the Tabakalera Award, consisting of a 3-week residency to run in 2026 for the director of the chosen project.
Since its creation in 2002, Nest, one of the most important sections of the San Sebastian Festival within its strategy of promoting new talents, has welcomed more than 1,000 young moviemakers and more than 370 selected short films, around a hundred masterclasses and conversations with film industry professionals including Céline Sciamma, Albertina Carri, Alexander Payne, Bertrand Bonello, Elena López Riera and Jean-Baptiste de Laubier. Considered to be the place where it all starts, Nest has shown the work of directors such as Diego Céspedes, Raven Jackson, Kiro Russo, Oren Gerner, Isabel Lamberti, Léa Mysius, Jerónimo Quevedo, Laura Wandel and Grigory Kolomytsev, who have later gone one to premiere their works both in San Sebastian and at prestigious festivals in the international circuit.
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