Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV (Spanish), abbreviated EICTV - (The International Film and TV School) - was founded on December 15, 1986, by

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n journalist and writer

Gabriel García Márquez Gabriel José García Márquez (; 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian writer and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo () or Gabito () throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th centur ...

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

n theoreticians and filmmakers Julio García Espinosa and

Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Tomás Gutiérrez- Alea (; December 11, 1928 – April 16, 1996) was a Cuban film director and screenwriter. Gutiérrez Alea wrote and directed more than twenty features, documentaries, and short films, which are known for his sharp insight i ...

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poet and filmmaker

Fernando Birri Fernando Birri (March 13, 1925 – December 27, 2017) was an Argentine film maker and theorist. He was considered by many to be the father of the new Latin American cinema. Biography Birri was born in Santa Fe, Argentina. After being involved in ...

, all four former students of the film school at

Cinecittà Cinecittà Studios (; Italian for Cinema City) is a large film studio in Rome, Italy. With an area of 400,000 square metres (99 acres), it is the largest film studio in Europe, and is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were constru ...

in Rome, and amongst others,

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ian filmmakers Orlando Senna and Sergio Muniz. It is located in

San Antonio de Los Baños San Antonio de los Baños is a municipality and town in the Artemisa Province of Cuba. It is located 26 km from the city of Havana, and the Ariguanabo River runs through it. It was founded in 1802. History There are 39 schools in the town, e ...

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. The school provides a comprehensive theoretical and practical cinema education, within a completely self-sufficient environment and community for its students, faculty members, workers and staff. Each year around 40 students from Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe are selected to complete the Curso Regular (Regular Course). During this intensive three-year period, each student specialises in one of the following disciplines: Documentary Direction, Fiction Direction, Sound, TV & New Media, and Screenwriting. Along with the Curso Regular, the EICTV also offers international workshops.

Alumni

Mariana Rondón Mariana Rondón (born 1966 in Barquisimeto, Lara state) is a Venezuelan cinema director, screenwriter, producer and visual artist. She studied at Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (San Antonio de los Baños International School), in Cub ...

* Jorge Molina *

Benito Zambrano Benito Zambrano ( Lebrija, 20 March 1965), is an awarded Spanish screenwriter and film director. His film '' Habana Blues'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. He studied at Escuela Internacional de Ci ...

Jaime Rosales Jaime Heliberto Rosales Chirinos (born 8 June 1978) is a Honduran former football defender who last played for Platense. Club career Rosales started his professional career at Marathón and played for several clubs in the Honduran league. A ...

* Miguel Coyula *

Amat Escalante Amat Escalante (born 28 February 1979) is a Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter. He is most well known for directing the controversial Mexican crime thriller '' Heli'' for which he was awarded the best director prize award at the 2 ...

* Adamo Pedro Bronzoni * Ana Caridad Sánchez

References

External links

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