Introduction

The ECPV works from this perspective, inviting its students to reflect on the filmic object while practically investigating filmmaking. This approach makes it possible to offer each student the possibility of deciding their future career path based on foundations that are as solid as they are broad. Specifically, every graduate of the ECPV, at the end of their career, must be able to integrate immediately into the film guild of which they are a specialist, whether in an institutional, academic, industrial or even alternative framework.

The Diploma in Film Directing is a specialized 3-year academic program in which film students are prepared to face all the challenges and commitments required by the Department of Film Direction of a professional audiovisual project. 

In this way, the student will be invited to learn about every aspect and every task for which the film direction team is responsible, being able to take on any conversation, any creative process and any practical execution of a project, with all the departments and profiles that make up the Spanish film guild. 

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Diploma

Dates

1 October 2024 to 27 June 2025

Enrollments

Enrollment is Open
Until 15 September 2024

Timetable

From October to December:

Monday to Friday from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

January & February:

Monday to Friday from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

From March to June:

Monday to Thursday from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Formation hours

More than 1400 teaching hours + joint practices.

Information

  • Small groups.
  • Specialized Masterclasses.
  • Own title.

Target audience

This diploma has been designed for anyone who wishes to explore their artistic concerns within the framework of a cinematographic work. It is highly recommended to have linguistic virtues, general culture, philosophical concerns and the ability to both make an effort and work in a group. Any previous training in audiovisual, art history, communication or fine arts will be beneficial for the student. 

Who you'll become

  • In the direction of a cinematographic work. Once you have successfully completed the degree, you will be able to take on the authorship of a fiction project, working together with all the departments involved in the development of a film. You will get to know all the vocabulary, all the techniques and all the debates that enliven cinematographic creation.
  • In any member of the film direction department of a work of fiction, thus knowing the responsibilities and functions of an assistant director, a scriptwriter or an assistant director. 
  • He is an observer, connoisseur and critic of cinema, having developed methodology, precision and maturity in matters of film research and evaluation. 


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Our way of teaching

Part of the goal is that each student learns the trade and is prepared to perform any position within the management department in a practical way. That is why, through agreements with various associations and producers, we keep our study plan updated and we can improve it every year.

In this way, we can set up a pedagogical machinery that places the understanding of creative processes and their development as the main value.

Applying what has been learned is one of the main values of our way of teaching. These are complex processes that need to be understood over time and will help shape the minds of tomorrow's talent.

Study plan

During the three years that make up the degree, students will explore essential lines and foundations for the understanding of cinematographic praxis and its aspects, both classical and institutional, as well as modern and contemporary. To this end, and by encompassing the subjects within groups, students will investigate questions of: 

Professors

Mariana unda
Mariana Unda
Art history teacher
Production scholarship, in the Visual Arts modality of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia
Ainhoa Ordoñez
Ainhoa Ordoñez
Non-fiction film teacher
He is developing his first feature film
Izaskun Artegui Alcaide
Izaskun Artegui Alcaide
Research workshop tutor
Professor and researcher at the University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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Iker Elorrieta
Directing, photography and editing teacher
Director of the feature film "The Radio Amateur"
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Ekain Albite
Feature Film LAB Tutor
Director of the feature film "Negu Hurbilak"
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Alba Lozano
Script teacher
His short film “Non Grata” (2022) wins the Best Short Film Award at the Alicante Festival (Goya Qualifier)
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Sara Fantova
Film directing teacher
His short film “Don't wake me up” premiered in the official section of the 63 Seminci and was in Rotterdam
Soledad Santelices
Soledad Santelices
Production, financing and distribution teacher
Producer, Chilean-Ecuadorian film director and founding partner of the production house "INCUBADORA" and has worked as a producer between Ecuador and Chile
Gerardo Tome
Gerardo Tomé
Film directing teacher
Guillermo Rivera
Guillermo Rivera
Direction tutor
Crítico de la fundación MONTRESSO
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Jordi López
Profesor de cinematografía
Montador del largometraje "Matar a Dios"
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Rubén Corral
Film directing teacher
ZINEBI programming coordinator
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Ainara López
Film editing tutor
He has worked under the orders of Nacho Vigalondo, Julio Medem, Gracia Querejeta
Patricia Muñoz
Patrizia Muñoz
Film directing teacher
Profesor de banda sonora
Joseba Beristain
Soundtrack teacher
Nominado a los premios Goya por la banda sonora de "Unicornio Wars"
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Urko de los Ríos
Script teacher
David caina
David Caíña
Script tutor
Director de teatro y guionista
Ernesto Baez
Ernesto Báez
Cinematography Tutor
Director de fotografía de la serie de Disney + No abras nunca esa puerta
Berta Castrillejo
Berta Castrillejo
Film directing teacher
Facundo Quevedo
Facundo Quevedo
Production teacher
Ha trabajado para productoras como; Movistar + o Netflix
Aranzazu Calleja
Aranzazu Calleja
Soundtrack teacher
Goya Award for Best Soundtrack

Enrollment, registration and prices

Request all the information by filling out the contact form, writing us an email, calling us by phone or visiting us in person.

We will send you all the necessary information so that you can register.

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Contacts

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Escuela de Cine del País Vasco
Email:
info@ecpv.es
Address:
C/ Luzarra 16 1º D
48014 Bilbao, Bizkaia
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Customer service schedule

  • From Monday to Friday:
    9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  • Saturdays and Sundays closed