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).
Laura Carreira’s (Porto, Portugal) first short film Red Hill won the New Visions Award at the Edinburgh Festival and was nominated for the Best Short Film award at the 2019 BAFTA Scotland Awards.
The second one, The Shift, premiered at the Orizzonti section of the Venice Festival in 2020 and was nominated for the European Film Awards and the London Critics' Circle Film Awards. In 2021 it won the New Talent Award at IndieLisboa.
Her debut feature film On Falling had its World premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival 2024 and its European premiere at the San Sebastián Film Festival where she won the Silver Shell for Best Direction. The film also won the Sutherland Award at the BFI London Film Festival.
Her second feature film is under development with Film4 and Screen Scotland.