The Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC) is a film school belonging to Mexico's Secretariat of Culture.
The academic plan of the Bachelor's Degree consists of a common core of three semesters, which includes subjects for the teaching of cinematographic language, scenic and narrative expression, sound design, editing, and scriptwriting, post-production and documentary filmmaking.
The course focuses on screenplay development using basic industry-standard tools and employing narrative and script structure analysis.
In the first year, students acquire the bases of the cinematographic language, as well as the basic tools: format, rundown, synopsis, plot, and short film script writing.
Academic Extension also takes these courses to the interior of the Mexican Republic through the Moving Images Program in collaboration with other institutions.
The courses taught range from introductory to specialized topics: script, directing, cinematography, sound design, film editing, and appreciation seminars.
The CCC includes industry professionals and prominent filmmakers amongst its staff, including Francisco Athié, Siegfried Barjau, Carlos Bolado, Christiane Burkhard, Simon Bross, Carlos Carrera, Felipe Cazals, Nicholas Echeverria, Luis Estrada, Jorge Fons, Jose Luis Garcia Agraz, Guillermo Granillo, Henner Hofmann, Toni Khun, Beatriz Novaro, Maria Novaro, Ignacio Ortiz, Marina Stavenhagen, Alfredo Joskowicz .