Presentation
The Master’s Degree in Documentary at ESCAC provides students with an immersion in the practical and theoretical dimensions of the different formats of today’s documentary filmmaking.
With the advent of new broadcasting platforms, the documentary is in a period of transformation and adaptation. Today, more than ever, documentaries offer a vision of the realities of this world, and are for the first time accessible to the hardest-to-reach markets.
As creatives developing in a media landscape that is being transformed by new technologies, we are aware of the importance of better understanding how we can position our documentaries in a broader and more viable context.
The diversification of formats and the opening of markets allow us to propose diverse stories and content. The frontiers, in terms of content, language, territory and medium, are currently very narrow. This change can be perceived as a creative source and can be materialised through the content of a programme made up of three main axes, which are our main bases.
- How stories are told (the formats)
- How the stories are seen (the platforms)
- Who we tell the stories to (the market)
Objectives and Skills
At the end of the Master’s Degree, students will be able to:
- Acquire the skills and put into practice the most important tools of documentary writing.
- Understand the documentary market. How it is produced and sold locally and internationally.
- To have knowledge of the different sub-genres of documentary. From the industrial documentary for large platforms, through the hybrid documentary that fluctuates between fiction and non-fiction, to the auteur documentary that possesses a language and vision of the creator.
- To find his creative path, his point of view as a storyteller and to develop audiovisual works so that they can have more visibility beyond the academic context.
- Develop your own identity as a creator and producer to establish strategies to: sell your idea, establish partnerships, sell and distribute the final product, exploit and transform an original IP idea and create spin-offs.
- Understand and learn about the national and international documentary industry landscape through proactive feedback with active teachers and experts from around the world.
- Understand documentary production as a team effort, where everyone has a fundamental role to play in the final result.
Target Audience
University graduates in Audiovisual Communication, Fine Arts or other university degrees related to the audiovisual field.
Students with a keen interest in the creation and sale of documentaries in different formats and markets.
Students from film schools or artistic disciplines.
Students with a Higher Degree in audiovisual projects and shows or equivalent.
Professionals with proven experience in the audiovisual sector who wish to switch or update their discipline.
Professionals in the film or audiovisual sector who want to delve deeper into the practice of documentary filmmaking.
Admission requirements
Applicants for the Master’s Degree in Documentary Filmmaking must submit:
- a videopitch (max. 3 minutes)
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statement or motivation letter (max. 600 words)
- CV
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portfolio or reel
Syllabus
Title of studies: Specific Master’s Degree in Documentary
Minimum length of studies and credits: One academic year and 60 credits
Teaching team
Featured filmography
The documentary “Sasha” was successfully screened at the FICG Guadalajara (Mexico), Sole-Luna in Palermo and Milan (Italy), Spanish Film Festival (Australia) and DOCS Barcelona, among others.
In October 2017 he premiered his second documentary “Shootball”, in the Official Section of the Seminci Festival of Valladolid.
In April 2022, TV3 broadcasts his documentary “Fugir”, produced by El Terrat, in Sense Ficció.
Awards
He has received several awards for the documentary “Sasha”:
- Special Mention at the Festival de Jurat Seminci de Valladolid 2017.
- First prize FIC-CAT of Roda de Berà 2017.
- First prize at the International Divercine Festival of Montevideo 2017. (Uruguay)
- First prize at inDOCumentari de Sabadell 2017.
- Finalist at the Gaudí Awards 2018.
Featured filmography
- He won the Best Drama Award at the 2002 Emmy Awards, the Audience Award Spanish Version for his short film Dos más and Best Short Film at Europa Cinema 2007 for Ludoterapia.
- In television she participated in series such as El síndrome de Ulises (Antena 3), Cambio de clase (Disney Channel (Spain)) or Córtate (Cuatro).
- In 2013 he released Mapa, his first feature film.
Awards
Ha recibido varios premios por el documental “Sasha”:
- Mención Especial del Festival de Jurat Seminci de Valladolid 2017.
- Primer premio FIC-CAT de Roda de Berà 2017.
- Primer premio en el Festival Internacional Divercine de Montevideo 2017. (Uruguay)
- Primer premio en inDOCumentari de Sabadell 2017.
- Finalista en los Premios Gaudí 2018.
Featured filmography
- His most relevant projects are the feature documentaries Miradas desveladas (2008), Qatar la carrera (2011), Game Over (2015), for which he received a Gaudí Award for Best Documentary Film, and Comandando Arian (2018), nominated for the Gaudí Awards.
- She has been awarded the prize for best new director by the College of Directors of Catalonia in 2016.
Awards
Mejor guion y fotografía del MECAL por “Waste”
Mejor interpretación y fotografía del Festival de Murcia por “Todo parecía perfecto”
Mejor cortometraje en el festival de Tupelo (USA) por “Cómo jugar a Polis y Cacos”
Mejor película internacional en el Alexandría Festival (USA) y premio del público en Festival de derechos humanos de Burgos por “Hate Songs”
“Mejor proyecto “Bruno&Co” Serielizados
Mejor videodanza en Danzenica (Bolivia) por “El infierno de los amantes crueles”
Featured filmography
He is known for “El niño de fuego”, “Contratiempo”, “Muyeres”.
Awards
25th Shanghai International Film Festival 2023, Winner for Best Cinematography. XVI Gaudí Awards (2024) – Films of 2023, Winner for Best Documentary.
Featured filmography
- Editor of the HBO series Vitals, he has edited two fiction feature films: “El lugar de Otto” and “El Cerro de los dioses” and a long list of short films and documentaries, such as “Sasha”, which was nominated for the Gaudí after a long list of awards, or “Pilotos” which premiered on TV3’s Sin Ficción and managed to be the most watched film in its broadcasting slot.
- He was also in charge of editing all the short films that were screened during the Gaudí Awards 2021 gala.
Awards
He has won the award for best staging in Tarazona for “El Andar del borracho”, nominated two consecutive years for Best Staging at the Fugaz Awards for “El Andar del borracho” and “El escarabajo al final de la calle”.
Featured filmography
Known for Imparables (2014), Salón de pasos perdidos (2000) and Con música lo escucharías quizás mejor – Salvador Espriu a ritmo de Jazz (2009).
Awards
She has won the Award for the best Catalan production “Imparables” at the BCN Sports Film Festival 2014.