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How Top Spanish Film School ECAM Has Become an Industry Force to Reckon With
The film school’s status as a private non-profit org allows it to foster industry initiatives for the benefit of emerging talents.
Founded in 1994, the school, which offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses to more than 300 students a year, is Spain’s leading breeding ground for some of the country’s biggest names in film, television and advertising such as filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen and regular writing partner Isabel Peña (“The Beasts”, “Mother”) or cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe (“The Road”, “The Sea Inside”). “Considering our close collaborations at The Incubator with top programmers from A-festivals ranging from Rotterdam, Berlin, Locarno, Sundance, Toronto or San Sebastian who visit us every year, we also wanted to build a bigger event which could benefit Spanish talent as a whole and boost their international visibility,” Albirola adds. Spanish producer Eva Bodas of Entre las Piedras Films, behind Jorge Cantos’ project “Los Olvidados,” selected for Cannes’ Focus Copro 2024, cited both The Incubator and ECAM Forum as “ground-breaking and much needed” initiatives.
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