ECAM and ESCAC, among the best film schools in the world

The School of Cinematography and Audiovisual of the Community of Madrid (ECAM) and the High School of Cinema and Audiovisuals of Catalonia (CHESS) have been recognized among the 15 best centers specialized in audiovisual training in the world, according to the American magazine The Hollywood Reporter.

ECAM is the only Madrid representation in the ranking published every summer by the aforementioned newspaper, which highlights its focus on eminently practical training and its connection with the industry. The teaching method at the school allows the students to be trained practically from the beginning, carrying out more than 200 filmings per year.

The Madrid center has always stood out among European film schools for its industry-oriented approach, which aims to connect students to job opportunities and foster talent during and after graduation. Created in 1995 as a non-profit cultural foundation, with the aim of training future generations in the audiovisual sector, the school has trained more than 6,000 students, including recognized names both nationally and internationally such as Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Alauda Ruiz of Azúa o Pilar Palomero, among others.

Each year the rate of employability among the graduates of this Madrid institution it exceeds 70% and in each school year the ECAM makes available to its alumni and companies in the sector a job bank that promotes the job placement of graduates of its different degrees.

One of the school's latest initiatives has been the creation of the co-production forum, ECAM FORUM, which has connected emerging talent with an important delegation of international experts with the aim of building bridges between the national and international audiovisual industry.

ESCAC, three decades of training

Regarding the Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya, numerous talents in cinema have emerged from its classrooms such as Juan Antonio Bayona (The Impossible, The Snow Society) o Mar Coll (Three days with family). Based in Terrassa, north of Barcelona, the school offers bachelor's, master's and postgraduate degrees in Spanish in most professional fields, as well as a year-long introductory film course in English and a bilingual dubbing academy to train the next generation of actors.

Founded in 1993 from the studies of the Professional Image and Sound Training of the Calassanç Center, the board of trustees of the Fundació Privada ESCAC is made up of the University of Barcelona, the Escola Pia de Catalunya, the Terrassa City Council, DAMA (Copyright of Audiovisual Media), the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain and Deluxe.

ESCAC is a member of the Center International de Liaison des Écoles de Cinéma et de Télévisión (CILECT), an organization that brings together 120 specialized training centers in the field of audiovisual creation, and a founding member of the Groupement Européen des Écoles de Cinéma et de Télévisión (GEECT) and the Federation of Image and Sound Schools of Latin America (FEISAL).

The list prepared by The Hollywood Reporter includes, along with the two Spanish centers, other top international schools such as Australian Film Television and Radio School, Beijing Film Academy, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (Italy), HFF Munich (Germany), La Fémis and Gobelins, l’école de l’image (France), London Film School and National Film and Television School (United Kingdom), FAMU Prague (Czech Republic), Toronto Film School, Vancouver Film School and Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand).