In barely four years of existence, the International Film School Meeting has made a name for itself at the San Sebastian International Film Festival as a venue at which to dynamically exchange experiences while learning more about audiovisuals.

The number of participating centres has grown continually, coming to 17 this year with the incorporation among others of students from three new Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil and Cuba.

The winning movie of the CineFundación Award at Cannes Festival and the first feature film made by the youngsters at Orson The Kid close this year’s Meeting, the principal feature of which is its wide variety of pedagogical activities, including a world premier preview of the Atelier/Masterclass work prior to its broadcast on the ARTE network.

During these two extremely busy days, youngsters interested in learning more about film technique and language have the opportunity to present a selection of their study work within the framework of one of the most important international festivals. They can also make comments on them at lively sessions open to the public and Festival guests, before their teachers, who can therefore explain the pedagogical principles of their centres.

The Festival has for the first time started to apply selection criteria to the Meeting as it does to its other sections: both the Sales Office and the Film Archive open their doors to the work presented by the schools while a specific jury will be created consisting of students from the participating schools and chaired by the Spanish actress Assumpta Serna, godmother of an original experience to be discovered at the Meeting itself.

The jury will choose the winner of the European network TV5 Award aimed at improving the visibility of these first works by the moviemakers of the future.

On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, the Centre d’Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya invites one of the young directors selected this year to film a 35 mm movie in Barcelona; a fantastic gift.

These are only some of the features of the IV International Film School Meeting offering more than one surprise on 22 and 23 September at the Príncipe Cinemas.

and the collaboration of:

SELECTION

• CECC - Centre d'estudis cinematográfics de Catalunya (Barcelona):
  2+2=5, Jorge Carrascosa
  
  
• Centro Cultural Larrotxene / Larrotxene Kultur Etxea (Donostia-San Sebastián):
  Dos estrellas, Ines Llordes Alonso
  
  
• CPA-SALDUIE Fundación para la enseñanza audiovisual (Zaragoza):
  Los tacones de Stanislavski, Jesús Marco Murillo
  
  
• ECAM - Escuela de cinematografía y del audiovisual de la comunidad de Madrid (Madrid):
  Pernocta, Álvaro Giménez Sarmiento
  
  
• EICTV - Escuela internacional de Cine y Tv. San Antonio de los Baños (Cuba):
  Al otro lado del mar, Patricia Ortega
  
  
• ENERC - Escuela nacional de experimentación cinematográfica (Argentina):
  HP5, José Peluc
  
  
• ESAV - Université de Toulouse Le Mirail (Toulouse):
  Saison Froide, Arno Chastanet
  
  
• ESCAC - Escola superior de cinema i audiovisual de Catalunya (Barcelona):
  [Dentro], David Delgado
  
  
• Escola Darcy Ribeiro (IBAV - Instituto Brasileiro de Audiovisual ) (Brazil):
  Domingo, Joana Luz y Maria Clara Terra Escobar
  
  
• ESCIVI - escuela de Cine y Video de Andoain / Andoain-go Zine eta Bideo Eskola (Andoain):
  Amnesiak de Angel Burgaña Aldarondo
  
  
• FIA-UIMP - Fundación para la investigación del audiovisual / Universidad internacional Menéndez Pelayo (Valencia):
  El Cristo de las cervezas, Maria Lourdes Seijo y Amalia Calvo
  
  
• La fémis (Paris):
  Cache ta joie, Jean-Baptiste De Laubier
  
  
• Orson the Kid / Escuela de cine para niños (Madrid):
  Lucía, Diego Fernández
  
  
• Oroleis de Paris-Regards jeunes sur la cité (Paris):
  Les petits producteurs de la Sierra, Sandra Blondel y Pascal Hennequin
  
  
• Universidad Perez Rosales (Chile):
  Moralina Shake, Horacio Calderón Leyton
  
  
• L'atelier / Masterclass (France-Germanny):
  Unlucky Monkey , Li Wolgang Schiffer
  Artífice, Sébastien Fabioux
  Contretemps, Armel Hostiou
  Zwei Welten, Olav F. Wehling
  
  
• Centro ocupacional de Islantilla (Huelva):
  Despierta, Esteban Magaz
  
  

CLOSING FILMS

• BUY IT NOW, Antonio Campos. 1st Award Cinéfondation Cannes 2005.
  
  
• EL GUARDAVÍAS, Orson the Kid-Escuela de cine para niños (First feature film directed by children).

TV5 AWARD

The International Jury of the IV Edition of Film Schools, consisting of 16 schools and presided over by actress Assumpta Serna, has granted the TV5 Award to the film 2 + 2 = 5 by Jorge Carrascosa (CECC-Centre d’Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya, Barcelona).
The award carries a cash prize of 2,000 euros for the promotion and dissemination of the winning film and a digital camera for the director of the winning film.

The Jury has also awarded a special mention to the film Les Petits Producteurs de la Sierra, by Sandra Blondel and Pascal Henniquin (Oreleis de Paris – Regards jeunes sur la cité, Paris).
TV5 will provide the directors of the film with a digital camera.

aiTe QUIERO VER! AWARD OF THE SPANISH ASSOCIATION OF TECHNICAL AUDIOVISUAL INDUSTRIES

The purpose of this first-time award, aimed at highlighting the technical aspects of a film, has been granted to the school Orson the Kid /Escuela de Cine para Niños, Madrid.
aiTe will cover the cost of post-production services for El Guardavías through the first standard copy.

CECC-Centre d’Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya has decided to award a prize to mark the 20th anniversary of its foundation. The award is bestowed to Cache Ta Joie, by Jean-Baptiste de Laubier (la Fémis, Paris).

The prize will consist of a new 35 mm short film project of no more than 15 minutes in duration produced by Grup Cinema Art, S.L., the production company associated with CECC. The project will be filmed in Barcelona and/or the surrounding area with participation by students from the school.

• TV5
  08/25/2005
  
  
• El centre d'Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya (C.E.C.C.), en el año de su veinte aniversario, concederá un premio al mejor cortometraje a competición dentro del IV Encuentro Internacional de Escuelas de Cine.
  28/24/2005