The European Independent Film Festival (ÉCU), Europe's premier event for independent cinema, announces the festival's award winners.
ÉCU 2010, in partnership with G-Technology by Hitachi, screened 72 films from 28 countries over the weekend of the 12th, 13th and 14th of March 2010 at Cinéma Le Grand Action and Le Triomphe Théâtre in Paris.
Twenty-three awards were given out at the ceremony. Winners include Mihal Brezis and Oded Binnun from Lost Paradise(France) for "Best Director," Ventura Durall's Las 2 Vidas de Andrés Rabadán(Spain) for "Best European Dramatic Feature", and Marco Gadge's Das Paket(Germany) for "Best European Dramatic Short". The prestigious title of "Europe's Best Independent Film 2010" went to Yonathan Levy for Das Kind(UK).
Since its inception five years ago, ÉCU has proved to be a discovery point for many of Europe's talented independent filmmakers who are driven by the passion to make great cinema, but don't benefit from large production budgets.
Film of the Festival: Das Kind directed by Yonathan Levy
Best Director: Mihal Brezis & Oded Binnun for Lost Paradise
Best Actor: Bogdan Cotlet for Tarantyno
Best Actress: Tuvalisa Rangström for Konvex T
Best European Dramatic Feature: Las 2 Vidas de Andrés Rabadán directed by Ventura Durall
Best European Dramatic short: Das Paket directed by Marco Gadge
Best European Documentary Feature: Addicted in Afghanistan director by Jawed Taiman
Best European Documentary short: Reaching Rosie directed by Jessica Morris
Best Editing: Légende de Jean l'Inversé directed by Philippe Lamensch
Best Cinematography: Committed directed by Isold Uggadottir
Audience Award: Last supper for Malthus directed by Klaus Pas, Hurry Home directed by Laurits Munch-Petersen, Catedral directed by Aliocha Allard and Alessio Rigo de Righi
Best Non European Dramatic feature: The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce directed by Michael James Rowland
Best Non European Dramatic short: The Miraculous Tale of the Children Dubois directed by Cassandra Lee Hamilton
Best Non European Documentary: Dhobi Ghaat directed by Azhar Mahmood
Best Student Film: The Highest Low directed by Louisa Mayman
Best Animation: Café directed by Joao Fazenda and Alex Gozblau
Ecology Now: The Last Giants directed by Sofie Schulz
Made on Mobile: Scared Boy directed by Patricio Torres
Best Short Script: Boots
Best Feature Script: Lily Bonham
16.03.2010 | Editor's blog
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