Founded in 1993 and affiliated with the University of Barcelona, ESCAC is Catalonia’s leading film conservatoire. Its main campus occupies a converted textile mill in Terrassa, offering bachelor, master and postgraduate diplomas taught in Spanish and Catalan.
A project-based pedagogy culminates each year in high-budget shorts shot on 35 mm and digital cinema cameras, financed through the ESCAC Films production arm that distributes works to over 300 festivals.
Spanish Box-Office Hits
Alumni directed or produced The Orphanage, Pan’s Labyrinth (DP Guillermo Navarro) and Netflix’s The Platform, reshaping Spain’s genre cinema.
Technical Excellence
Specialist tracks in CGI and colour science feed into Barcelona’s growing VFX sector.
Social Impact
The ESCAC Foundation funds outreach workshops in Catalan high schools, broadening access to audiovisual education.
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