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).
With more than 20 years’ experience, DAMA is the only Spanish body specialised in the collective management of audiovisual rights, having become a reference in the sector thanks to its transparency with respect to amounts collected and their distribution.
It also works to promote and defend audiovisual creation by means of several programmes providing assistance and training.
Presided over by the film and television writer Virginia Yagüe, DAMA has more than 2,800 members and manages the remuneration rights of audiovisual authors (directors and screenwriters) in more than 40 countries.
Although this is the first year that DAMA will have sponsored the Youth Award, its ties to the San Sebastian Festival are long standing. In recent years, for instance, the body has promoted a number of Thought and Discussion round tables and conversations, also having made the most of the event to present DAMA Lola Salvador Screenplay Award.
The SGAE (Spanish General Society of Authors and Publishers) Foundation maintains a collaboration with the San Sebastian Festival which involves participation in either the Festival or its own initiatives: providing support to the Made in Spain season, the holding of Authors’ Meetings, accolades such as the SGAE Julio Alejandro Screenplay Award, the Best Basque Screenplay Award and the Dunia Ayaso Award rewarding the focus on gender and co-organisation of the Film Music concerts. These are some of the initiatives for which the SGAE Foundation is grateful for the Festival’s commitment to the architects of cultural creation.