Teaching in Cuba at the EICTV
In March I went to Cuba, spending two fantastic weeks in San Antonio de los Banos, teaching a workshop at the film school there: EICTV. I was doing the last workshop that the student of the third year of cinematography were going to have before entering in their final thesis project. The aim was to work with the students to set a good workflow with the school recently purchased Arri Alexa, run tests with them and to do individual shooting days to go through different scenes, styles and preparatory needs for each of their final project. I found the school an amazing place for the level of theoretical and practical preparation of the students; also it is a big campus nicely isolated in the middle of the island, where the friendly atmosphere and the enthusiasm about cinema is tangible every moment. The school has great premises and nice equipment: there is a film studio, two little cinemas with daily projections at night, editing and grading suites, sound studios, internal library full of books and films, sport facilities, and much more, and a swimming pool! For me, has been an inspiring and stimulating cinema and human experience, I look forward to come back there soon.
