The First Look
In Spain, a poor country ruined by the recent Civil War (1936-39), and in the midst of Franco's dictatorship, a film school was created in Madrid in 1947, the Instituto de Investigaciones y Experiencias Cinematográficas, called Escuela Oficial de Cine since 1961, which became, almost unintentionally, a space of freedom and pure experimentation until its closure in 1976.
- Year: 2024
- Country: Spain
- Genre: Documentary, History
- Studio: Pantalla Partida, Malvalanda, TVE, Filmoteca Española
- Keyword: franco regime (francoism), spanish history, cinema history, film school, film censorship, spanish cinema, experimental spanish cinema, european cinema
- Director: Luis E. Parés
- Cast: Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Pedro Casablanc