The First Look

The First Look

75 mins | Documentary, History | April 7, 2024

In Spain, a poor country ruined by the recent Civil War (1936-39), and in the midst of Franco's dictatorship, a film school was created in Madrid in 1947, the Instituto de Investigaciones y Experiencias Cinematográficas, called Escuela Oficial de Cine since 1961, which became, almost unintentionally, a space of freedom and pure experimentation until its closure in 1976.

The First Look

75 mins | Documentary, History | April 7, 2024

The First Look
In Spain, a poor country ruined by the recent Civil War (1936-39), and in the midst of Franco's dictatorship, a film school was created in Madrid in 1947, the Instituto de Investigaciones y Experiencias Cinematográficas, called Escuela Oficial de Cine since 1961, which became, almost unintentionally, a space of freedom and pure experimentation until its closure in 1976.
Producers TVE, Malvalanda, Pantalla partida, Filmoteca Española
Original title La primera mirada: historia de una escuela de cine
Directors Luis E. Parés
Writers José Manuel Carrasco, Luis Deltell, Luis E. Parés

Cast

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Pedro Casablanc

as Self - Narrator (voice)