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 his first digital feature, Cui Ze?en ushered a new era for Chinese queer cinema. The film unfolds as a serendipitous succession of sketches on gay desire. Realism is not the rule of the game for Cui Zi'en, who intertwines long takes, mundane actions and non-professional acting à la Warhol with a more baroque, whimsical, surreal, but also darker inspiration.


