The director of the Basque Country Film School took part in the round tables
The Basque Country Film School (ECPV) played a prominent role at the DEIA Meeting on Cultural and Creative Industries held at the Euskalduna Palace, where its director, David Pedrosa, defended the importance of strengthening training, technology, and local talent in order to consolidate the growth of the audiovisual sector in Bizkaia.
At an event focused on the present and future of culture, creativity, and communication in the region, Pedrosa emphasized the role that ECPV plays within Bizkaia’s audiovisual ecosystem. During his speech, he stressed that one of the major challenges is to strengthen the talent created here and make it easier for professionals trained in Bizkaia to enter the job market with skills that are practical and closely aligned with the sector’s real needs.
In this regard, he explained that the Basque Country Film School has become, in recent years, a true professional breeding ground for the industry. Beyond artistic training, he noted that the school acts as a strategic infrastructure capable of providing students with the technical and creative skills needed to join increasingly demanding productions in a market that is undergoing constant transformation.
Pedrosa also highlighted the growing influence of technology on film creation and production processes. Tools such as artificial intelligence and new virtual workflows, he said, are already part of the sector’s reality and should be understood as an opportunity to optimize resources, improve efficiency, and increase the competitiveness of audiovisual projects.
The director of ECPV also framed this evolution within a particularly positive moment for the region. The rise in productions being filmed in Bizkaia and the visibility achieved by Basque cinema at awards ceremonies and festivals, in his view, reinforce the need to continue investing in solid training structures that can support this growth and ensure that its economic and cultural impact also benefits local talent.
Pedrosa’s remarks came during one of the round tables at the DEIA Meeting, held in Room 05 of Euskalduna Palace, an event that once again brought together institutional representatives, companies, professionals, and cultural agents to analyze the evolution of the Cultural and Creative Industries in Bizkaia.
The event featured the participation of institutional and business leaders and served to confirm the strong momentum currently being experienced by the sector in the region. In that context, ECPV’s contribution once again placed a central idea on the table: the growth of the audiovisual industry in Bizkaia depends not only on attracting productions, but also on training, retaining, and promoting local talent.
