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Winners of the European Independent Film Festival

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 choisir parmis tous les films soumis, mais après débat les gagnants seront annoncés ce soir à la soirée de remise des prix marquant la fin d’un autre superbe festival. Voici une liste des gagnants par catégorie: 

Film of the Festival: 27m2 directed by Fabien Lartigue, Gabriella Cserhati

Meet ÉCU 2011 Winners: Film of the Festival 2011: "27m2". Directors Gabrielle Cserhati and Fabien Lartigue. (Photo taken by G-Technology).

Best Director: Susanne Kellermann, Florian Hirschmann, Katja Benrath for Puppenspiel

Best Actor: Emmett J. Scanlan for Charlie Casanova

Best Actress: Chiara Thielmann for Never Winter

Best European Independent Dramatic Feature: The Happy Housewife directed by Antoinette Beumer

Best European Independent Dramatic Short: April Chill, directed by Tornike Bziava

Best European Independent Documentary: Problema: Who Are We in the 21st Century, directed by Ralf Schmerberg

Best Editing: Marc Hofmeister for Point Zero

Best Cinematography: Yossi Meiri for Lavan

Audience Award: A Damn Killer, directed by Markus Pajtler

Best Non European Independent Dramatic Feature: Cairo Exit, directed by Hesham Issawi

Best Non European Independent Dramatic Short: Broken Clouds, directed by Yuri Alves

Best Non European Independent Documentary: Salam Rugby, directed by Faramarz Beheshti

Best Student Film: Stanley Pickle, directed by Victoria Mather

Best Animation: Paths of Hate, directed by Damian Nenow

Best Music Video: Zornik – The Enemy, directed by Inti Calfat

Best Experimental Film: Invertebrate, directed by James McAleer

Best Short Script: Tea Time by Sandra Gabrych

Best Feature Script: A Coward Never Bled by Eduardo A. Garcia

Special Jury Mention: Städgata, directed by Erick Love Lundqvist; Chloe’s Dollhouse, directed by Bonnie Kim; Protoparticulas, directed by Chema García Ibarra

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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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