CILECT is the association of the world's major film and television schools

Film school

The term film school is used to describe any educational institution dedicated to teaching aspects of filmmaking, including such subjects as film production, film theory, digital media production, and screenwriting. Film history courses and hands-on technical training are usually incorporated into...

. It was founded in Cannes

Cannes

Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....

 in 1955.

Its goals are to provide a means for the exchange of ideas among member schools, and to help them understand the future of education for creative personnel in film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

, television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

, and related media. It is dedicated to the creation, development and maintenance of regional and international co-operation among its member schools, and to the encouragement of film and television training in the developing world.

Regional Organizations

• The Groupement Européen des Ecoles de Cinéma et de Télévision / European Grouping of Film and Television Schools (GEECT) is the organization of CILECT's European members, and schools in Egypt, Israel and Lebanon.
• CILECT Ibero América (CIBA) is the organization of Latin American film and Luso-Hispanic CILECT schools.
• CILECT Asia-Pacific Association (CAPA) is the regional organization of the CILECT member schools in the Asia-Pacific Region.
• CILECT Africa Regional Association (CARA) is the regional organization of the CILECT member schools in the Africa Region.
• CILECT's North American regional organization is the University Film and Video Association
  University Film and Video Association
  The University Film and Video Association is an organization of professors, scholars, and film and video makers. Although it is based in the U.S., it has members throughout the world.Its stated description is:...
  
  (UFVA), one of the founding members of CILECT.