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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 
Call for Submissions: How to Submit a Film
1. Independent films: Digressing from over-indulgent, celebrity-clad films that cover billboards so big that they eclipse the sky, we welcome low budget films that do not run solely on the fame of its movie stars…except maybe a cameo by Steve Buscemi.
2. Subtitles: At an international film festival, subtitles are a tricky thing. In our attempts to create the most enjoyable and accommodating experience, we ask that non-English film...
Inspired by the Blog article: “How Long Until A Feature Film Made on the iPhone is in Theaters” by Peter Hall, our Intern Heather Poole gives her opinion on the future of Filmmaking:
The new iPhone 4G is the latest
edition to the Apple revolution but is it the beginning of the end for
the big screen in cinema?
By: Heather Poole, ECU 2011 Festival Intern
With new technologies constantly emerging,
it’s no wonder that the culture in which we view films, television, ...
By Rhiannon Hobbins, Festival Manager
I was in serious post-festival daze when I first watched G-Technology’s “Faces of the Festival” film.
And I’ve got to admit that I was truly impressed. Sure, it brought back
great memories from the festival. But the image quality was amazing and
I was intrigued to learn that they filmed it all on a SLR camera.
Surely SLR cameras are just for still photography, I thought? After
a little investigation, I was surprised to learn tha...
With a lot of Europe preparing itself for a nice long summer break
we seem to have stepped up a gear and had an incredibly busy month here
at ÉCU this month – and the cool thing is that there appears to be no
end in sight as we head down various roads and avenues at warp speed!
Last week I was joined at the London Film Academy by Lousia Mayman
(director of ÉCU 2010’s Best Student Film) for an ÉCU 2011 presentation
and the screening of Lousisa’s film, The Highest Low. I...
This year I was at the festival presenting my short film High/Low, which was entered in the Short Film Corner.This meeting place for short films is pretty interesting because it facilitates the exchange with other people from the industry (filmmakers, producers, screen writers, actors)Unfortunately,it is difficult to get around to everything because so many people are signedup, and I get the feeling that this year it wasn’t easy on the SFC side.The place is very friendly but there is a lac...
Scott Hillier's Cannes Update
Ahh.. Cannes.. The mammoth, the Big-Daddy, the Fois Gras of all film festivals. The must-be-there, must-drink-bucketloads of Rosé, must show my power and strength (and the new shoes - although the blistering will be painful!) event of the year for everyone involved in European cinema. OR IS IT?
So Sundance made love with Raindance, deliciously long-legged beauties sauntered the Croisette in the oh-so- slinkiest of dental floss inspired micro skirts. ...
Something of a novice as far as film festivals are concerned, I’m
caught off guard as I’m stampeded out of the intimate hall (really,
though, a corridor that compensates with the title “Le Grand Bar”) of
the Cinéma Grand Action in Paris’ Latin Quarter, in which the entirety
of the Friday night ÉCU film festival crowd are packed like stylish and
remarkably prolific independent-film making sardines. Tonight people
have gathered for a series of 8 short ...
Labelled a goldbrick or a loafer in the times before Poland’s democratic transformation in 1989, the eponymous ‘hero’ of Sebastian Czech’s documentary spends his days in carefree and alcohol fuelled bliss, in between dodging various prison sentences for failure to pay his debts.A brutally honest and candid depiction of one man’s existence….By Mairi CunninghamQ: Firstly, tell me what motivated you to tackle the issues you did? “You have to go and know how to read some signs. Ma...
By Sophie Nellis
Is it a yo yo? Is it a thermometer? No, it’s the…Pantheon
If
you visit the Pantheon, you will undoubtedly marvel at its enormity but
you may also ask yourself, “What is it?” This is a good question, and
one that has long puzzled both tourists and the French. Built under
Louis XV in the 17th
century, it was intended to be a church dedicated to one of Paris’
patron saints, S...
By Greta Lorez
Did you know…
… Jean-Luc Godard, one of the founding
members of the Nouvelle Vague, was the son of a Swiss couple. Born in
Paris, he spent his childhood in Switzerland and at the age of 18,
moved back to Paris where he studied Ethnology at the Sorbonne. Godard,
however, never severed his Swiss connection: many of his movies were
shot on location in Switzerland. He lives there now.
… the German filmmaker Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas, Wings of De...
What’s unusual about Malagasy Gospel? Directors Carlos
Esbert, Virginia Camino, Alvaro Lagos, and Graciela de Pablos give us
the details on their inspiring and recent ÉCU 2010 selected documentary
feature about a blind, orphaned children’s choir.
By Nick Forrester
Q: It seemed to me that
everyone making the film genuinely enjoyed spending time with these
unique kids, but what initially inspired you to make the film?
The starting point of the project was in fa...
Fabien Dubois gives us details about his film, recently chosen for the ÉCU 2010 Official Selection. "High/Low" is a short film about two step-brothers living in Tokyo and experiencing the city in different ways: while one works on his decibel map project and thoroughly explores the city, the other abandons himself to a life of confusion and alcohol.By Maria Gabriella PezzoQ: Why did you choose to film in a city? How does the city speak to you?I fell in love with Tokyo the first time I...
"The Miraculous Tale of the Children Dubois" is the brainchild of writer/director Cassandra Lee Hamilton from Austin Texas. The film follows Juliette as she is helped to rediscover the magical world of her childhood by her twin brother Nikolia, who mysteriously and unexpectedly re-enters her life.By Edward Caffrey Q: What is your film about? The Miraculous Tale of the Children Dubois is about a young girl, Juliette, that has lost the magic of her childhood. When her twin br...
"Ink" is a subversive and unsettling ÉCU Student short directed by Nuno Neves . Who knew ink had such an organic, benign energy-- able to create images that are hypnotic and frightening...By Nick ForresterQ: This short plays with the visual properties of ink. How did you go about filming the ink; the fast moving black compared to the blending colours?The short was all filmed on a wood table I set up and lit, in my building´s comunity garage. The ink was poured down a white piece of ...
G-Technology have created the perfect assistant to your next film production – the G-DRIVE mobile USB andG-DRIVE mobile –
perfect for storing all your stills, music, documents and graphic files
in a Mac-styled, pocket-sized design. Launched in Europe at this week’s
Broadcast Video Expo and Production show 2010 in London, they are
available initially as an exclusive from your Apple Store.
Both drives weigh less then 250g and mean that you can store up to
500GB of precious ...
By Moze Halpernin
Those of you who live in Paris have likely noticed the frightening abundance of misery-stricken, wet, baffled, crushed, torn, tempest-tossed Korean widows plastering the Paris metro stations. Lurking behind every endearingly Parisian puff of urine with that worn mien, waiting to shatter commuters’ iPoded complacency, silently bemoaning the woes, the burdens, the weight of motherhood. Actually, said Korean widows are just one Korean widow, played by Hye-Ja Kim, sta...
The European Independent Film Festival (ÉCU), in partnership with G-technology by Hitachi, is delighted to announce the Official Selection. ÉCU 2010 will showcase 67 films from 26 countries on the 12th, 13th and 14th March in Paris, France.
EuropeanDramatic Short (24)
Blocked (Norway)
Boiler (UK)
Ca Roule (France)
Champagne Supernova (Spain)
City Game (France)
Committed (Iceland)
Curtains (UK)
Das Packet (Germany)
Deux Minutes(France)...
On set, Director Mircea Nestor (left) Antonia Micu (middle) and Bogdan Cotleț (right).
We speak to Romanian director Mircea Nestor about his recent submission to ECU’s European Dramatic Short category,
“Tarantyno”. Unsuccessful in his attempts to charm an attractive girl
and spurned by an irritating and dominant older brother, the eponymous
anti-hero decides to take what he wants, with devastating results.
Marcea’s answers shed light on hi...
Our
favourite superhero takes on a new dimension in this short film from
director Hadrien Soulez Lariviere. A Parisian call-girl is summoned to
Room 212 of a hotel where she is faced with a rather unusual client,
whose sexual fantasy doesn’t quite conform to the norm.....
By Mairi Cunningham
Q:
Firstly, when watching the scene of the escort girl walking the hotel
corridors, it immediately made me the think of the iconic shots in
Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” wh...
"Mind Dance", a recent submission to the Student Film category, is a moving portrayal of grief and memory loss.
By Sophie Nellis
(Interview partially edited by Geoffrey Hughes)
Q: Could you tell me what inspired you to make this film?
While
studying abroad at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), I
started to explore the concept of loss. I began to realize that in our
lives we are constantly forced to deal with many types of losses.
...
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About 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). Paris France View my profileSend me a message
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