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).
Since 2020, the Festival has wanted to highlight its character as a place of meeting and knowledge transfer through Thought and Debate, an umbrella grouping activities which promote dialogue on the cinema from an industrial, creative and educational point of view together with programmes conceived to generate agreement and business opportunities for creators, producers and distributors. Figuring in this area are the conversations and masterclasses which last year featured Aaron Sorkin, Francisco Ramos, Ted Hope and Marc Orts.