{"id":14212,"date":"2026-10-15T20:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T20:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escac.com\/?p=14212"},"modified":"2026-11-05T15:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T15:12:27","slug":"escac-takes-over-sitges-a-week-of-cinema-talent-and-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/escac.com\/en\/noticias\/escac-takes-over-sitges-a-week-of-cinema-talent-and-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"ESCAC takes over Sitges: a week of cinema, talent and connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once again, the school heads to the Sitges Festival to experience fantastic cinema from the inside, connect generations and bring talent from the classroom to the industry.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During Festival week, from 8 to 18 October, ESCAC suspended academic activities and moved to Sitges so its students could enjoy a fully immersive experience at one of the major international gatherings for fantastic cinema. And, as every academic year, this edition brought all kinds of opportunities: new projects, recognition, unexpected encounters and many stories that deserve to reach the screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Events and networking for students<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 425 accredited students experienced the Festival up close, sharing workshops, screenings and conversations with industry professionals. Among the most notable encounters, 40 students had the opportunity to meet Peter Jackson and ask him questions and share their concerns about the challenges, opportunities and future facing those who aspire to make their way in today\u2019s audiovisual industry. It was a chance to hear first-hand from one of cinema\u2019s great figures and gain insight into the challenges of an industry in constant transformation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sitges party, organised by the students themselves through the ESCAC Students and Alumni Association (AEAE), sponsored by the school and held in collaboration with the Uniq venue, brought together more than 300 participants for a night of networking to connect generations, bring departments together and celebrate a shared passion: watching, making and, above all, experiencing cinema. Because the best stories often take shape in the conversations after a screening, in the exchange of ideas and in unexpected encounters that, under the Sitges moon and amid the Festival\u2019s fantastic atmosphere, can become the starting point for future projects.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13117\" src=\"https:\/\/escac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/escac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2015.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/escac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2015-750x554.jpg 750w, https:\/\/escac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2015-400x296.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selections and awards<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ESCAC talent also found its place on screen and in the Festival\u2019s awards list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nausica Serra received the Best Direction award at the SGAE New Authorship Awards for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dissecci\u00f3 d\u2019una incoher\u00e8ncia en crisi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, recognising a distinctive vision and a new voice in cinema. The short film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t Be Afraid<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, directed by Alejandro Moreno, was part of the Festival\u2019s Official Selection, bringing the school\u2019s work into the competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, ESCAC alumnus Javi Ruiz Caldera won the Audience Award in the Sitges Collection section for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5 More Minutes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. And Marc Mart\u00ednez, also an alumnus of the school, won the M\u00e9li\u00e8s d\u2019Or with his short film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Old Woman and Eternity<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Old Lady and the Eternity<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four different stories, one shared drive: to keep exploring the limits of cinematic language.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opportunities and industry<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sitges is also a place where projects can make the leap from the classroom to the industry. This year, Script Talent, the screenwriting lab promoted by ESCAC, facilitated another meeting with industry professionals through a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pitching<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> session in which a selection of projects from the Screenwriting Department was presented. An opportunity to share ideas, find allies and start turning them into films.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, New Talent, a programme dedicated to presenting the school\u2019s emerging voices, brought industry professionals together for a private screening of a selection of the best short films from the last season, directed by ESCAC students. A window onto the school\u2019s emerging talent and an invitation to discover the stories that could shape cinema in the years to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because cinema is not experienced only on screen: it also happens in the encounters, conversations and projects that grow around it. And once again, Sitges has been the perfect setting for ESCAC students to keep writing the next chapter.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, the school heads to the Sitges Festival to experience fantastic cinema from the inside, connect generations and bring talent from the classroom to the industry. &nbsp; During Festival week, from 8 to 18 October, ESCAC suspended academic activities and moved to Sitges so its students could enjoy a fully immersive experience at one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3449],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-festivals-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ESCAC takes over Sitges: a week of cinema, talent and connections - 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