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GMAI Offering Scholarships to Study at Cuba’s International Film
and Television School
Santo Domingo, February 23, 2009
The Cuban International Film and Television School (EICTV) of San
Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, is calling on young Dominicans between the ages
of 22 and 29 to participate in the school’s examination process for the
Regular Course 2009-2012. The Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE)
and the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD)
through the Institute of Global Multimedia (IGM), is offering scholarships
to those students who are selected.
Three places in the area of Directing, Production, Scriptwriting,
Documentaries, Photography, Sound and Editing will be awarded. The closing
date for applications is Friday March 20, 2009. Over the course of the
three year period, students will fulfill an intense and complex course of
studies to be divided into three cycles: Polyvalence for basic coursework
in the 1st year with specialties in feature films and documentaries, sound,
editing, director of photography; script writing and production in the
second year and a thesis in the third year.
In December 2006, the Cuban International Film and Television School (EICTV)
and Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) signed an agreement
which facilitates cooperation links between both institutions in the area
of training and education. This agreement provides total financial support
for the selected candidates.
A National Evaluation Committee, comprised of filmmakers, sociologists,
film critics and Dominican creators of art and culture will pre-select
candidates on the basis of their artistic skills, creative potential as
well as their cultural and work experience. This will take place on April
24.
The Cuban International Film and Television School (EICTV) is a
non-governmental organization in Cuba and is one of the most important
learning projects of the Foundation for New Latin American Film (FNCL). It
was inaugurated on December 15, 1986 and is presided over by Gabriel García
Márquez, Nobel Laureate in Literature. The school’s founder is Fernando
Birri.
Since September, 2007, Tanya Valette, Dominican EICTV graduate (1990), has
been in charge of general management of this prestigious academic
institution.
EICTV is the only school in the world that has been singled out for
distinction at the Cannes Film Festival, in its 46th edition, with the
Roberto Rossellini Award. The prize is one of the most sought after awards
on an international level. It is an honor bestowed upon those who embody
the spirit of progress, generosity and humanism that characterized Roberto
Rossellini.
By the year 2008, 616 students from 52 countries around the world had
graduated from EICTV. Some of them have won awards in film festivals and
other events.
At this point, 13 Dominicans have graduated from the EICTV: Juan Basanta,
Jaime Gómez, Tanya Valette, Franklin Hernández, Emily Fiume Michel, Edwin
Marmolejos Lama, Desiree Reyes, Fernando Martínez, Pedro Carrasco,
Alejandro Andújar, Laura Amelia Guzmán, Natalia Cabral and Alejandro Soto.
Currently the following students are enrolled in their first year at the
school: Leticia Brea Calderón (Production), Michelle Denisse Guzmán Ortiz,
(Scriptwriting) and Rafael C. Bobadilla Báez (Sound). In their second year:
César Zayas (Photography), Amelia del Mar (Scriptwriting) and Argenis Mills
(Directing); third-year students are: Pablo Lozano (Documentary) and
Johanne Terrero (Scriptwriting).
For more information on registration, interested candidates can get in
touch with Martha Checo, EICTV Representative for the Dominican Republic,
at:
809-689-2121 ext. 328 and 809-330 4539 or by e-mail at:
mcheco@tricom.net or
checomartha@hotmail.com
Related link:
www.eictv.org
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