School of Cinematography and Audiovisual of the Community of Madrid ( es, Escuela de Cinematografía y del Audiovisual de la Comunidad de Madrid, links=no; ECAM) also sometimes referred to as ''"The Madrid Film School"'', is a

film school A film school is an educational institution dedicated to teaching aspects of filmmaking, including such subjects as film production, film theory, digital media production, and screenwriting. Film history courses and hands-on technical training ...

located in ,

Pozuelo de Alarcón Pozuelo de Alarcón () is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Bordering the Moncloa-Aravaca district of Madrid proper to its west, Pozuelo de Alarcón is surrounded by large Mediterranean pine-tree forests: the Casa de Campo, the M ...

. It was founded in 1994, established as a not-for-profit cultural foundation, under the initiative of the regional ministry of Education and Culture,

SGAE The Spanish Society of Authors and Publishers (''Sociedad General de Autores y Editores, SGAE'') is the main collecting society for songwriters, composers and music publishers in Spain. It is similar to AGADU, ASCAP, GEMA, SADAIC, SACEM and SAYC ...

, AACCEE and , to which joined in 1997. In 2014, joined the board of trustees. It is the largest film school in the region since the closure of the in 1976. It was admitted as a member of the

International Association of Film and Television Schools The International Association of Film and Television Schools (French: ''Centre international de liaison des écoles de cinéma et de télévision'', CILECT) is the association of the world's major film and television schools.The Hollywood Reporter ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade pap ...

'' listed it among 'The Top 15 International Film Schools', featuring it as one of the world's fifteen most important film schools outside the USA. In 2019 and 2020, Madrid Film School teaching staff and alumni among them won twelve

Goya Awards The Goya Awards ( es, Premios Goya) are Spain's main national annual film awards, commonly referred to as the Academy Awards of Spain. The awards were established in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sc ...

, Spanish cinema's highest honor.

Alumni

Some of its alumni have gained notoriety in a number of audiovisual fields, from

screenwriting Screenwriting or scriptwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is often a freelance profession. Screenwriters are responsible for researching the story, devel ...

art direction Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the visi ...

References

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