“Give young people a camera, and they will show you their vision of the world.”
Filmeduca is an educational project whose aim is to introduce cinema into Andalusian public education free of charge by involving students directly in a professional film production. Young people aged 15 to 17 take on the essential roles within a film shoot.
For one week, they are the ones operating the cameras, performing in front of them, capturing the sound… The teamwork skills they develop, the sense of responsibility they assume in carrying out their assigned tasks, and the professionalism they demonstrate are always remarkable—and the experience is unforgettable.
Our goal is always to achieve a professional result. We strive to make films with all their visual, sound, and musical elements fully realized. Over the years, we have produced several short films, including “Perros” (Short Film), “Sola”, “14 Días”, and “Hybris”, and we are currently in post-production on a feature film titled “El canto de las cigarras”. With these works, we have received 8 awards and 22 official selections at both national and international film festivals.
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Diego Contreras was born in 1982 in Jerez de la Frontera. He holds a degree in Classical Philology from the University of Cádiz, graduating with highest honors. He has been a Secondary Education teacher in the public system since 2008.
In 2012, he founded the educational project Filmeduca. For five years, he was a member of the Pedagogical Coordination Team of the educational innovation program “Aula de Cine” run by the Regional Ministry of Education of the Government of Andalusia. For four years, he served as a tutor for the course aimed at Andalusian teachers, “Aula de Cine: Bring Cinema into the Classroom.” He has also been a speaker in teacher training courses on how to introduce cinema into the classroom.
In 2018, he was nominated for Best Teacher in Spain at the Educa Abanca Awards for the Filmeduca educational project. He is currently a member of the Government of Andalusia’s Expert Team in Cultural Programs for
Educational Innovation.
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Pascual Ross is an Andalusian photographer and visual artist, born in 1977 in San Fernando, Cádiz, and currently based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria since 2020.
He holds a Master’s degree in New Documentary Photography from Labasad, Barcelona School of Arts & Design. He previously completed studies as a Senior Technician in Imaging, Senior Technician in Graphic Design, and earned a degree in Art History from the University of Granada.
His work as a documentary photographer expands beyond traditional reportage. In his creative process, the construction of images plays a key role in developing the narrative, going beyond classical documentary photography.
His photographic project “La sal se come la piedra” was selected in 2021 for Futures (the European photography platform dedicated to promoting emerging contemporary photographers), featured in the collective exhibition Visage(s) d’Europe held in Paris in 2022, presented in a solo exhibition at the University of Cádiz in 2022, and selected in 2023 for the Circulation(s) Festival at Centquatre – Paris.
He is a member of the collective Photobook Club Canarias, where he leads workshops promoting the photobook format and mentoring young photographers in new paths within contemporary photography.
He is co-founder of the publishing house MACHAKA FOTOZINES, whose main objective is to explore contemporary photography as a tool for expression.
Together with Diego Contreras, he is co-founder of the educational project Filmeduca.