This is an informative section which offers a complete overview of newly released films, since it selects some of the best films already to have been presented at other international festivals, within the section named, Festivals' Top, interesting works by new film-makers and some of the latest works by members of the official jury.

One of the characteristics of this section is its freedom. It is free to show films of different formats, lengths, styles and genres; free to show the most avante garde cinema in every sense of the expression and to give the most lively and critical audience the chance to share and interact directly with directors. Its informal atmosphere and the direct contact between the public and the people responsible for the films presented attract the attention of the Festival's younger audiences together with the most rigorous critics.

Zabaltegi encompasses most of the films which compete for the Altadis-Nuevos Directors Award.

Festivals’ Top, a showcase for the best films from other festivals. The audiences vote for the winner of the TCM Audience Award, carrying a cash prize of 30,000 euros for the Spanish importer of the winning movie. For one of these films there is an audience award. TCM Audience Award

LAST MINUTE:

• THE DOCUMENTARY, AS AN EMERGING GENRE, STAR OF THE SPECIAL ZABALTEGI AND HORIZONTES LATINOS SCREENINGS (8/25/2004)
• ZABALTEGI FESTIVALS’ TOP (8/20/2004)
• SPANISH MOVIES AT THE 52nd FESTIVAL (8/19/2004)
• ALTADIS-NEW DIRECTORS AWARD (8/13/2004)