We have been working hard on
building partnerships with other film festivals around Europe and
beyond. My goal in developing these partnerships is three-fold.

 

  • First is to scout for the best indie films and try to get them into ÉCU thus getting more exposure for the films.
  • Second is to show a selection of our award winning films under the banner of ‘Europe’s Best Independent Films’.
  • Third is to give our partner festivals any publicity that we can as we mutually broaden our exposure.

 

The end result for indie filmmakers is that they can enter their
films to one festival (ÉCU) and have the chance to be screened not only
in other festivals around Europe, but also through the States and soon
to come in Asia and South America.

I was recently in Switzerland for the Lausanne Underground Film
& Music Festival, in Italy before that at the very cool SEDICICORTO
International Film Festival and I’m hoping to get to Film Festival
Cottbus in Germany as well as to Poland and Estonia before Christmas.
Each time I come back with my head full to the brim with great imagery
from the films I’ve seen and a great feeling of warmth from the welcome
our festival has received.