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).
Belgian filmmaker Laura Wandel, who was selected in 2007 at the San Sebastian Festival's International Film Students Meeting with her short film Murs, presented her first feature film Un monde (Playground) at Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Festival, where it won the Fipresci award.
Un monde is a deep immersion into the school universe through the eyes of a girl, Nora, whose older brother is bullied by his classmates.