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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).
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What happens when fear seeps into society, turning everyday life into obedience and lost freedom? That haunting question lies at the heart of Krux, Tony Vahl’s directorial debut. Here, war never arrives with gunfire. It enters kitchens, classrooms and living rooms, silencing voices and teaching children to obey. In a village gripped by fear, Vahl explores how a community can be pushed towards fanaticism, and what happens when you dare to ask why.
Inspired by a story from her grandmother about bodies drifting down a river, Vahl later discovered its link to the mass suicides in Germany at the end of World War II. Rather than showing combat, Krux reveals war through its scars.
For Jella Haase, “language is power”. Her character Greta’s question, “Why do you do that?”, cracks the certainty of ideology. Historical yet strikingly contemporary, Krux examines fear, manipulation and collective pressure, suggesting that freedom may begin with a single question: “why?”
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