ÉCU The European Independent Film Festival

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ÉCU’s Partner, Watersprite Festival

Français German Italian Spanish Watersprite Festival The Cambridge International Student Film Festival 24-26 February 2012 This Festival has one significant particularity: It is organized entirely by students of Cambridge, and hosted, likewise, in Cambridge, in February. The team of students have been working very hard for the third time, under the supervision of Hilary Bevan [...]
February Newsletter Update

Français German Italian Spanish ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival proudly announces its Official Selection. I would like to congratulate the 100 filmmakers who have been chosen to be part of ÉCU 2012’s “Official Selection”. Our office was inundated with tons and tons of amazing films. As you can imagine it was extremely difficult to process more then [...]
Click here to see the Official Selection of ÉCU 2012

Français Italian ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival is delighted to announce the Official Selection. ÉCU 2012 will showcase 100 films from 33 countries on the 30th and 31st of March and 1st of April in Paris, France. European Dramatic Feature (5) Iron Doors 3D Germany On the Inside Germany Labirent Turkey Women and [...]
ÉCU’s Partner The California Independent Film Festival

Français German Italian Spanish California Independent Film Festival February 10th – 16th Founded by Derek Zemrak, low-budget movie maven and auteur of such schlock classics as Bikini Planet and Ice Scream (starring one time Ed Wood acolyte, Conrad Brooks), the California Independent Film Festival is now a decade and a half old and proudly continuing [...]
Lana Del Ray – Born to Die Music Video

Français German Italian Spanish Perhaps it’s because of her stunning retro Hollywood face or her eerily spellbinding voice, but Lana Del Rey (aka Lizzie Grant) has arrived. Her second album, Born To Die, was recently released in late January and consists of 12 “Hollywood Sadcore” style tracks: tales of dark yet beautifully twisted love stories. [...]
OK Go – Needing Getting Music Video

Français German Italian Spanish OK Go- Needing Getting Over five years after OK Go became a YouTube sensation with the video for ‘Here it Goes Again’ (more commonly known as the ‘treadmill video’), the LA-based four piece are back with their unique brand of freewheeling eccentricity – only this time on a much larger scale. [...]
Le Ballon Rouge

Français German Italian Spanish Le Ballon Rouge, Albert Lamorisse, 1956 by Josie Ainscough Le Ballon Rouge is a short, beautifully made film shot in colour, which tells the story of a little boy who finds a bright red balloon tied to a lamppost. He unties it, and finds out that it has a mind of [...]
ÉCU’s Partner The Teen International Shorts Festival

Français German Italian Spanish The Teen International Shorts Festival February 8th – 11th The Teen International Shorts Festival has been more of a project towards a common idea than a contest. As the team is preparing for its 8th edition that will take place in Istanbul in a couple of days (8th February – 11th [...]
Scott’s interview to EuroXpress

Français “The difference in European independent cinema is that it doesn’t leave anyone indifferent” Interview: 29th of January, 2012 We interviewed Scott Hillier, a film and documentary director, producer, and President of ÉCU- The European Independent Film Festival . By Mariana Castaño (Paris) Scott Hillier is a “storyteller”. “Storyteller” is the word he uses himself, [...]
ÉCU 2012 main venue – Les 7 Parnassiens

Français German Italian Les 7 Parnassiens (www.parnassiens.com) is one of many cinemas in Montparnasse, yet it is one of the most authentic and distinctive cinemas of them all. It offers the advantage of completely original programming, offering rare films not to be found anywhere else in the area. Les 7 Parnassiens can proudly boast a [...]

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Film submissions to ÉCU 2012 are now closed!! But you can still submit your script to the competition until March 11th 2012

Withering Love – Trailer

“Withering Love” is an official selection of ÉCU 2012. Maria is attracted to Vincent and fascinated by the woman from the book and the love between them. Maria wants to experience the same kind of love with Vincent, and slowly changes her life, identity and destiny. Check it out! “Les Amours Perdues” fait partie de [...]

TRAILER: Much Better Now

“Much Better Now” is a new submission to ECU 2012. The main character is a bookmark, stuck in a forgotten book, in a life marked by standstill in a deserted room. One day wind knocks over the book and blows the bookmark onto the table, separating them. Unfolding hands and feet, the bookmark is swept [...]