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, which became, almost unintentionally, a space of freedom and pure experimentation until its closure in 1976.

• Pantalla Partida
• Malvalanda
• Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
• Pedro Casablanc