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More than thirty years ago in San Antonio de los Baños, the International Film and Television School (EICTV) was founded. The writer Gabriel García Márquez had the great idea, with the unconditional support of the leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro Ruz. Under the premise of being an institution for artistic training, the EICTV's main objective is the development of creative talent and the defense of the right to its own image and to see films from all over the world.
The particular thing about the International Film and Television School would be precisely the teaching, not by professional teachers but by the filmmakers themselves, who would be able to transmit the knowledge they have acquired in practice. Since its foundation, thousands of professionals and students have turned the school into a space for cultural diversity, hence the nickname ''School of all Worlds''.
Since its inauguration on December 15, 1986, the school has become a promoter of the cinema of our America. Its first director was Fernando Birri, precursor of the New Latin American Cinema Movement. He was succeeded by Orlando Senna, director, actor, screenwriter and journalist (Brazil); Lisandro Duque, director, screenwriter, actor and editor (Colombia); Alberto García Ferrer, producer, professor, writer and specialist in cultural cooperation (Argentina); Edmundo Aray, poet, storyteller, historian, editor and filmmaker (Venezuela); Julio García Espinosa, director, scriptwriter and theoretician, precursor of the New Latin American Cinema (Cuba); Tanya Valette, graduated from the EICTV in the specialty of Editing, teacher, producer and cultural promoter (Dominican Republic); Rafael Rosal Paz, filmmaker and cultural promoter, graduated from the EICTV (Guatemala), and Jerónimo Labrada, sound engineer and teacher (Cuba); Susana Molina was Vice President of ICAIC for more than 16 years and directed the International Producer of ICAIC; She has been a teacher for many years with extensive experience as a director.
