Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV (Spanish), abbreviated EICTV - (The International Film and TV School) - was founded on by Colombian journalist and writer Gabriel GarcÃÂa Márquez, Cuban theoreticians and filmmakers Julio GarcÃÂa Espinosa and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Argentinean poet and filmmaker Fernando Birri, all four former students of the film school at Cinecittàin Rome, and amongst others, Brazilian filmmakers Orlando Senna and . It is located in San Antonio de Los Baños, Artemisa Province, Cuba.
The school provides a comprehensive theoretical and practical cinema education, within a completely self-sufficient environment and community for its students, faculty members, workers and staff. Each year around 40 students from Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe are selected to complete the Curso Regular (Regular Course). During this intensive three-year period, each student specialises in one of the following disciplines: Documentary Direction, Fiction Direction, Sound, TV & New Media, and Screenwriting. Along with the Curso Regular, the EICTV also offers international workshops.