ESCAC

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ESCAC (2014)

The ESCAC - Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya is a private film school in Terrassa , Catalonia . She belongs to the University of Barcelona and the current director is film producer Sergi Casamitjana .

history

The ESCAC was founded in 1993 by Josep Maixenchs and initially only offered a general film degree when it opened in 1994. With this degree, the college became and has been part of the University of Barcelona .

In 2003 the school moved from the Sarrìa district in Barcelona to the northern city of Terrassa.

Alumni

Since the school was founded, many of the graduates have achieved national renown. Including JA Bayona , Kike Maíllo , Mar Coll and others. To this day, ESCAC Productions, the film school's production company, has often produced their films.

Controversy

In July 2001 an article was published in which the former director and founder Josep Maixenchs speculates that the ESCAC will turn into a “school for bigwigs” (Spanish: “escuela de pijos”). He cites the high cost of the entire course as the reason for this. At that time these were 850,000 pesetas per year, until today they have risen to 10,800 euros per year (as of December 13, 2019).

In November 2017, the YouTuber “Homeless” published a video entitled “TÚ NO HAS ESTUDIADO EN LA ESCAC” (Eng. “You did not study at ESCAC”) in which two characters criticize the assumption that one is successful in the Spanish film industry a degree from ESCAC is required.

In October 2019, a video entitled "Zero Waste en la ESCAC" (Zero Waste at ESCAC) was published on YouTube, which criticized an initiative of the school to reduce plastic waste. In the video, a foldable plastic bottle (promotional product of the ESCAC) is shown in the middle of different packaging waste, which according to the author was mainly collected on campus.

Web links

Commons : ESCAC  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ediciones El País: El Escac acabará como centro para 'pijos' según su director . In: El País . July 26, 2001, ISSN  1134-6582 ( elpais.com [accessed December 13, 2019]).
  2. ↑ Grado oficial y Máster propio Integrados en Cinematografía. Retrieved December 13, 2019 .
  3. ↑ TÚ NO HAS ESTUDIADO EN LA ESCAC. Retrieved December 13, 2019 .
  4. ↑ ZERO WASTE at the ESCAC. Retrieved December 13, 2019 .