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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.

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The European Independent Film Festival

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The European Independent Film Festival (ÉCU) continues its commitment of being at the centre of discovery, promotion and projection of the very best independent filmmaking talent from around the world.

ÉCU will showcase films that demonstrate quality, innovation and independence in both form and content. There are fifteen categories of films in this highly esteemed competitive festival ranging including features, shorts, documentaries, animation and student films.

While ÉCU’s goal is to bring worldwide attention to European independent filmmakers, there are also four foreign categories open to independent filmmakers from the Americas, Africa and Asia.

The festival will take place in Paris in March 12-14 2010.

The European Independent Film Festival (ÉCU) has established itself as a fantastic arena for independent filmmakers from around the world to screen their films to large audiences made up of a cinema-loving public who are seeking alternatives to the offerings of major studios, as well as to agents, talent scouts, production company representatives, distributors and established producers looking for new projects and raw talent. Of course several hundred independent filmmakers from around the world will be in Paris to participate in the ÉCU.

With interest from large sections of European and international press, this is a great opportunity for independent filmmakers to get recognition for their films. Attending directors will also have the opportunity to speak about their films at our “Speak to the Directors” panel sessions which take place throughout the festival.

“The European Independent festival has proved to be a true breakthrough for Indie Filmmakers in Europe. ÉCU 2010 offers European independent filmmakers the chance to screen their films to an audience hungry for high-quality independent films, exposes them to other independent filmmaker’s work and gives them a forum to exchange ideas with other filmmakers. I believe that all of this will help them a great deal in their future filmmaking ventures.”

-Scott Hillier, President of The European Independent Film Festival.

Festival Nickname: 
ÉCU
Festival Logo: 
Theme: 
Independent
Category/Format: 
Independant
Festival Info
Next Festival Dates: 
03/12/2009 - 03/14/2009
Is the Festival open to the public ?: 
Yes
Does the Festival have a market?: 
No
Does the Festival have a competition ?: 
Yes
Film submission fee: 
Payment
Film submission amount: 
Fees vary depending on category, visit www.ecufilmfestival.com/submit-a-film/
Submission accepted on Fest21.com: 
Yes
Film call for entry start day: 
09/01/2009
Film call for entry deadline: 
01/14/2010
Rules and regulations: 
http://www.ecufilmfestival.com/submit-a-film/
Submission payment: 
http://www.ecufilmfestival.com/submit-a-film/
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Festival Contact
Festival Director Name: 
Scott Hillier
Festival Director E-mail: 
info@ecufilmfestival.com
Festival Organization
Name: 
The European Independent Film Festival
Address: 
108 rue Damremont
City: 
Paris
Zip code: 
75018
Country: 
France
Website: 
http://www.ecufilmfestival.com

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).

 


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