The National School of Film Arts (Spanish: Escuela Nacional de Artes Cinematográficas or ENAC) is a public film school part of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. It was influenced by the Nouvelle Vague and by the First Contest of Experimental Film organized in Mexico that year.
Former name | Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos |
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| Type | Public Film School |
| Established | 1963 |
| Director | Manuel Elías López Monroy |
| Address | Circuito Mario de la Cueva S/N, Coyoacán, Cd Universitaria , 04510 Mexico City , Mexico |
| Campus | National Autonomous University of Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Colors | Blue and Gold |
| Website | http://www.cuec.unam.mx/ |
In 42 years, CUEC has had as students several of the main Mexican filmmakers.
CUEC produces almost 100 short films a year, many showing at international festivals.
History
editThe Escuela Nacional de Artes Cinematográficas was founded in 1963 as the official film school of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In 1972, it became a member of the International Association of Film and Television Schools (CILECT). In 1986, it launched an annual cycle of film production. In 2015, the school launched a degree in Cinematography with nine specialty fields. In 2019, the school was supplemented by the National School of Cinematographic Arts, a new UNAM entity designed to give a national dimension to the film school.[1]
Notable alumni
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "UNAM transforma el CUEC en Escuela Nacional de Artes Cinematográficas". Eleconomista.com.mx (in Spanish). 27 March 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ "Ciudad de México > Realizadores > Raúl Kamffer Cardoso". Sic.gob.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2022.
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