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The European Independent Film Festival (ÉCU) will screen the very best independent films from around the world to a large audience of filmmakers, film industry professionals and a public that craves the energy and free spiritedness of creative independent films. ÉCU 2010 will be held at Le Grand Action Cinema in Paris, France from 12th-14th March, 2010. Check the ECU COMMUNITY  Meet Indie Filmmaker: TURNSTUNDEArticle by Anna Takayama
Turnstunde, from director Hannes Rall, a recent submission to the ÉCU 2010 Animation category, is about the adventures of a young boy and his unusual nightmare: the gym lesson! Anna Takayama finds out what inspired the director, and more.
Q: What is your film about? A chubby little boy is faced with the the recurring traumatic experience of attending a gym lesson. He is confronted by his evil and slightly sadistic sports teacher. A deeply melancholic and sad autobiographical re-telling of some of the darkest moments in my life. Did I mention that it is a funny cartoon? Q: What was the source of inspiration for your story? Well, my own experiences as the bespectacled overweight nerd in class might have played into that…… Q: How did you come up with your characters? Drawing some inspiration from real life characters, throwing a good measure of cartoon exaggeration into the mix–et voila!… The best friend of the little hero is modeled on a real person as well–especially his prominent front teeth. The character design was also influenced by my admiration for the wonderfully artistic films of the famous UPA animation studio from the 50s. Q: Can you name a few favorite comics and cartoons that you grew up with? Hm… the list is so long that it is actually hard to pick some favorites, but here they are: Tintin by Herge, Prince Valiant by Hal Foster (the fulfillment of my dreams to become a knight in shining armor), crazy Warner Brother cartoons with Coyote and Roadrunner, Tom and Jerry, all things Tex Avery, the Disney Jungle Book, Spirou et Fantasio (preferably by Franquin)–the list could go on forever! Q: Tell me about your next project? I am currently directing a 25 minute adaptation of the famous German fairy tale “The Cold Heart” as an animated short film. It is a wonderful story set in the mythical black forest in the 19th century: A young coal miner trades his warm heart for a cold stone to an evil spirit to become rich…. We have already completed 60% of the animation and are hoping to have this new movie ready for release in January 2011. 23.11.2009 | ECU's blog Cat. : animation gym lesson Independent Interviews The Cold Heart Tintin Turnstunde FESTIVALS |
Tags for Meet Indie Filmmaker: TURNSTUNDEFestival InformationAbout ECU Hillier Scott (ECU) Scott Hillier, Festival President and Founder Scott Hillier is a Director / Cinematographer / Screenwriter based in Paris. During his 20 years in the television and film industries, Scott has gained international recognition from his strong cinematography, editing, writing, producing and directing portfolio. Scott started in the television industry in Australia before moving to London in 1988 where he managed to get a job working in Baghdad for the BBC, which led him into spending 10 years traveling the 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, Scott gave up wars and wrote and directed “Behind the Eyes of War!” which was awarded “Best Short Dramatic Film” at the New York Independent Film and TV festival in 1999. Moving to New York City in 1998, Scott directed and photographed eight one-hour documentaries for National Geographic / The Discovery Channel and also served as Director of Photography on the documentary “Twin Towers” which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject 2003. The diverse creative areas that he has worked in include documentaries, music videos, commercials, feature and short films. He served as Supervising Producer / Director for the critically acclaimed CBS 42 part reality series “The Bravest” in 2002 and wrote and directed the stage play “Deadman’s Mai l” which ran at Le Théâtre du Moulin de la Galette in Paris during the summer of 2004. In 2004 Scott spent 3 months in Ethiopia producing a “Worlds Apart” pilot for ABC America / True Entertainment / Endemol. Scott studied film at New York University and The London Film and Television school as well as literary non-fiction writing at Columbia University. His regular clients include BBC, Microsoft, ABC, PBS and National Geographic. Between filming assignments, he taught film (a Masters Degree in Screenwriting at the Eicar International Film School in Paris) and journalism (Formation des Journalistes Français in Paris).
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