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ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival is dedicated to the discovery and advancement of the very best independent films from around the world. We are a festival who believes in our independent filmmakers and their artistic talents. ÉCU proudly provides a unique platform that brings together diverse audiences who are hungry for something other than major studio productions and original and innovative filmmakers.
The 16th edition of ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival will take place on 9th-11th April 2021. Now open for submissions!
ÉCU is excited to host our first post-2011 festival screening, where
we will be featuring two “Europe’s Best Independent” awarded films at
Café COUTUME, located in central Paris.
This showing will be one of many special screenings ÉCU will be
hosting in Paris in the next few months. Make sure you sign up with our
ÉCU Members Club to get premier access to all of our screenings!
To obtain your passes now, click here:
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Entry opens online on the 1st June and is free of charge!
Open to talented professional and non-professional filmmakers, entrants
will have the chance for their hard work and creative ambitions to be
recognised and rewarded.
Winners and runners-up will be awarded stylish G-Technology external
hard drives and the overall winner will receive €5,000 – all to further
drive their creativity.
The first year of the competition in 2010 saw hundreds of entrants
from all o...
Take a look at all the amazing awards "27m2," winner of ‘Europe's Best Independent Film’ at ÉCU 2011, won at the Los Angeles Movie Awards! Well done!
http://thelamovieawards.com/2011_%28I%29_Winners.html
Jetez un œil à tous les incroyables prix que "27m2," lauréat de 'Europe's Best Independent Film' de ÉCU 2011, a remporté à la cérémonie Los Angeles Movie Awards ! Bien joué !
http://thelamovieawards.com/2011_%28I%29_Winners.html
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Now that the Cannes Film Festival has come to the end of its 12 day
run, we can say that 2011 was full of change and excitement! Lots of
fun, but definitely lots of work and preparation as well! The Closing
Ceremony dished out all the glamour that we have come to expect from the
Cannes Film festival, and DeNiro was more than willing to play the part
as this year’s Jury President, distributing the coveted trophies to the
winning directors and stars of the evening.
Despit...
by Marc Rickenbach
The 64th edition of the Cannes International Film Festival opened with Woody Allen’s new film Midnight in Paris. The American
filmmaker, who has been honored by the festival in the past, is famously
known to keep his films out of any competition and often does not show
up, even if nominated. To some this might appear as a slight against
those who wish to celebrate his work, but Allen simply does not feel
that films, or any art for that mat...
A little over halfway done with Festival de
Cannes now! How about some pretty impressive fun facts and numbers to
give you an idea of how big this production is?
2km: The total length of red carpet unraveled over the duration of the festival; carpets are changed three times a day.
6: New languages were added to the Cannes website last year to stress the festival’s international character.
15%: The percentage of their annual turnover that Cannes hotels earn in just 12 ...
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A lot of people talk about making a film. Very few are brave enough
to do it. If you’re a storyteller, a visionary, an innovator or a
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Once it’s done send it to us, and we’ll take it from there. We are
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ÉCU is in Cannes soaking up the sun, sights and sounds. But it's not all play, we've had meetings galore, met some incredibly talented filmmakers and told everybody in the Palais about The European Independent Film Festival!
Bienvenue au Festival de Cannes! Nous avions beaucoup de rendezvous, rencontrions des cineastes talentueux et racontions tout le monde du Festival Européen du Film Indépendant!
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Hey ÉCU Film Festival fans!
Our team is going to be attending
the highly anticipated Cannes Film Festival from May 14th to May 21st keeping
you all up to date via Facebook posts, Twitter tweets and even a few vlogs
featuring:
Interviews
Videos
Photos
Cool articles
Hints & Tips
So stay tuned for more!
http://www.ecufilmfestival.com/en/ecu-live-at-cannes/
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Salut les fans ÉCU Film Fe...
Forum des Images’s ‘Series Mania’ event
from the 10th – 17th April included projections in cinemas of the latest
American, British and French TV series and several round table sessions
hosted by experts where the public could discuss the themes, characters
and cinematography of the various series. I use the word
‘cinematography’ because this really was at the heart of every debate
throughout the week; can we still distinguish between a television
series and a film...
Hi, everyone! My name is Inessa and I came from Russia to Paris especially for the ÉCU Film Festival 2011, mostly because I was interested to learn more about the filmmaking process! It was my first experience at a film festival and I was happy to become part of the team. Before the event Kadi helped me to become part of the staff by giving me some interesting jobs such as drawing up databases about cinematography in Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and Poland.After that I came to Paris in April…it w...
Project CineMaas presents an exclusive interview with Paris-based Scott
Hillier, an Academy Award winning Australian filmmaker who founded ECU The European Independent Film Festival.
Read on as he clarifies a wide array of issues, from the film
festival’s evolution and his definition of independent European cinema
to the judging process and his visions for the future.
The sixth ECU The European Independent Film Festival took place this year in Paris, Fra...
Though the 2011 ÉCU Independent Film Festival is over TNC has
been lucky to continue to be able to bring you some pretty amazing
interviews with some of this years participants. Moe Charif, director of
Never Winter based on a true story, took the time out to talk with us
about his film, and what he has planned for the future.
Never Winter WON Best Actress for Chiara Thielmann
You can check out their projects at www.dcodefilms.com
How did you get into f...
From
cameras and costumes to cahiers and clippings, the Cinémathèque
Francaise’s Kubrick season is an insightful exhibition for everyone from
cinema novices to devoted followers alike.
First things first, let me just say that I am no great expert on
Kubrick. I’ve seen his major films (with mixed reactions) and I’ve read
articles with a passing interest, but he’s not a director for whom I’ve
scrambled though library back catalogues to find first edition copies...
Meet, Katharina Kowalewski. She has directed over 100 fashion videos with her
company KO.FASHION for clients such as Vogue, Swarovski, Bild, Keylooks
and Stylebop.
Her first short, co-directed with Nadine Strittmatter, “Sweet Focus” will be at the “Short Film Corner”
in Cannes this year. The movie was shot in one week in Arosa in the
Swiss Mountains and is about two sisters. Eva lives in the mountains
and has spent all of her life caring for her recently passed awa...
Seven months ago when I applied to work as an intern for ÉCU -The European
Independent Film Festival (aka Fun European Project as it said in the
Craiglist job ad!) I had no idea what I was getting myself into. During
these months I have met some of the most interesting people ever, worked
hard, played hard, but most important enjoyed my time while working for
the “Fun European Project”.
My position at the festival has been marketing coordinator, which has
been fun an...
Need extra shock resistance on location? The New rugged G-DRIVE duro is coming soon from G-Technology!
Rugged good looks and G-Technology’s known quality go hand-in-hand
with the new G-DRIVE duro portable drive. This sleek external drive has a
shock-resistant exterior that helps protect it in case it tumbles out
of your gear bag while you’re shooting your next production.
Pre-formatted for Macs, the G-DRIVE duro portable drive is FireWire 800
and USB 2.0 equipped, bus...
by Marc Rickenbach
In recent months French filmmaker and arts and crafts enthusiast Michel Gondry has been popping his head up all over the place on both sides of the Atlantic. The director, most well known for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Science of Sleep (not to mention numerous music videos, which we’ll get to in a bit), released the big screen version of old time radio and comic book hero The Green Hornet in January. To promote the new film, he guest dir...
by Kathryn Hall
My flatmate and I set a house rule to only watch French films while
living in Paris, to better ‘immerse’ ourselves in our adoptive land’s
language and culture and so on. Though we push it at times, (’Jean
Reno’s French, so I guess we can justifiably watch Léon again…’) this
has led us to stumble upon a couple of less widely remembered French
films. The first was Les Amants du Pont Neuf, directed by Leos Carax – a
very late-’80s/early-...
Multiple award winning Stanley Pickle stole the show on the
opening night at the ECU. A student production, Vicky Mather impresses
with her precocious ability to blend funny, touching and disturbing
elements into a highly accomplished 11 minute piece.
UPDATE 2011: Stanley Pickle WINS Best Student Film at the 2011 ECU Film Festival!
The film centres upon the bizarre, colourful and
mechanical world of Stanley Pickle and his family, almost suggesti...
CALL FOR ENTRIES: AESTHETICA SHORT FILM COMPETITION
The Aesthetica Short Film Competition 2011 is now open for entries!
It’s a fantastic opportunity to get your work broadcast to a wider
audience and Aesthetica are keen to see entries from both new and
established filmmakers who are driving short film forward. The winning
film receives a fantastic prize package including:
~ £500 prize money
~ Screenings at film festivals across the UK, including Rushes Soho
Shor...
We are delighted to announce this year’s winners at the prestigious ÉCU 2011 awards. The jury had a very tough decision choosing from the huge number of incredible films submitted to the festival, but after much debate the winners were announced at our awards ceremony this evening, marking the end of another great festival. Here is a list of the winners by category.
Nous sommes ravis de vous annoncer les gagnants des prix d’ÉCU 2011. Ca n’a pas été facile pour le jury de choi...
OPENING NIGHT UPDATESWhat an amazing start to the festival ! Filmmakers, VIPs, jury members and the ÉCU team all came together over a glass of wine to kick off the opening night and then we had a packed cinéma for the first 10 films. The audience réaction was overwhelmingly positive with gasps, sighs and spontaneous applause. We’re really excited to continue all through the weekend bringing the best of European independent cinéma to Paris.Ouverture du Festival ÉCUQuels débuts ébouriffan...
GETTING READYÉCU team arrived to the the cinéma 7 Parnassiens bright and early to get ready for the opening night of ÉCU 2011. We will give you updates the whole weekend long, so stay tuned.Lèquipe d`ÉCU sont arrivé ce matin au cinéma 7 Parnassiens pour commencer la préparation pour la soirée d’ouverture d’ÉCU 2011. Nous allons vous donner des mis a jour pendant tout le weekend donc rester connecté.Check out the photo album at Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43776598@N04/5579...
Jessica Morris is a British filmmaker who won the prize for “Best European Documentary Short” at ÉCU 2010 with her film “Reaching Rosie”. We sent her a few questions asking her about her background in film, her ÉCU experience and what she’s up to at the moment.
Where are you from?
UK
If you could describe indie cinema in your country in 3 words, what would they be?
Vibrant, original, competitive
What got you started in filmmaking?
Gate-cra...
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About ÉCU-The European Independent Film Festival
 Hillier Scott
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Scott Hillier, Founder and President of ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival
Scott Hillier is a director, cinematographer, and screenwriter, based in Paris, France. In the last 20 years, Hillier has gained international recognition from his strong and incredible cinematography, editing, writing, producing and directing portfolio in both the television and film industries.
Scott began his career in the television industry in Australia. In 1988, he moved to London getting a job with the BBC who then set him to Baghdad. This opportunity led him to 10 years of traveling around world for the BBC, mainly in war zones like Somalia, Bosnia, Tchetcheynia, Kashmir, and Lebanon. After a near fatal encounter with a Russian bomber in Tchechnyia, Hillier gave up his war coverage and began in a new direction.
He moved to New York City in 1998. He directed and photographed eight one-hour documentaries for National Geographic and The Discovery Channel. Based on his war knowledge and experience, Hillier wrote and directed a short film titled, “Behind the Eyes of War!" The film was awarded “Best Short Dramatic Film” at the New York Independent Film and TV Festival in 1999. From that he served as Supervising Producer and Director for the critically acclaimed CBS 42 part reality series, "The Bravest” in 2002 and wrote and directed a stage play called, "Deadman’s Mai l," which ran at Le Théâtre du Moulin de la Galette in Paris during the summer of 2004. He then became the Director of Photography on a documentary titled, “Twin Towers." This was yet another life changing experience for Hillier. The riveting documentary won an Academy Award for "Best Documentary Short Subject" in 2003. In 2004, Hillier changed continents again, spending three months in Ethiopia. He produced “Worlds Apart,” a pilot for ABC America / True Entertainment / Endemol. As you can see, Hillier was and is always in constant movement and enjoys working in a number of diverse creative areas including documentaries, music videos, commercials, feature and short films.
Scott studied film at New York University and The London Film and Television School. He also studied literary non-fiction writing at Columbia University. Hillier's regular clients include the BBC, Microsoft, ABC, PBS and National Geographic. Between filming assignments, he used to teach film, a Masters Degree course in Screenwriting at the Eicar International Film School in Paris, France and journalism at the Formation des Journalistes Français in Paris, France.
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