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

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ÉCU’s President Scott Hillier shooting a documentary in Libya

English Français —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 26/01 If you have a good story, pursue it — immediately and at any cost — preaches Scott Hillier, Oscar honored filmmaker and president of ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival. Scott, in pursuit of a good story, is doing just that. Departing for Libya this evening, Scott and his crew [...]

Film submissions to ÉCU 2012 ARE NOW CLOSED!! BUT you can still submit your script to the competition until March 11th 2012

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10 Reasons to Submit to ÉCU

English Français Spanish Compete, be judged, screen, be seen, promote, network, travel, participate, join, discover. 1. Compete: If you get into ÉCU 2012’s Official Selection you will be in competition with some of the best independent filmmakers in the world at Europe’s premier independent film festival. 2. Screen your film to large international audiences if [...]

ÉCU’s next deadline is on this Sunday. Submit NOW!

English ÉCU is just couple of days away from its next deadline, so we thought it is right to show everyone once again a great behind the scenes footage from ÉCU 2011. Want to be part of the next year event? Well, then send in your film NOW! ÉCU est seulement a quelques jours de [...]

ÉCU #twitscript – week 1

English INT. TATTOO PARLOR – NIGHT A GIRL, dull and gray stands before a chair as she lets her dress fall to the floor like silk GIRL It’s the pleasure in the pain that hurts so much JOE (pulling dress back up) Woaah! You don’t need to take your whole dress off, I’m only doing [...]

Check out our new look!

English Check out ÉCU’s NEW LOOK for 2012! Another year, another amazing festival, another great new look! Enjoy our new look and get ready for the best ÉCU festival yet, taking place in Paris on March 30th, 31st and April 1st.

ÉCU launchs #twitscript!

English Français Italian Spanish On Monday 28th November ÉCU The European Independent Film Festival, Paris’s premier showcase for independently financed shorts and features, will attempt to write – and produce – a short film entirely made up of contributions crowd sourced via the Twitter social network. With an opening scene setter provided by the festival, [...]

ÉCU Firsts

English Français German Italian ÉCU – Das europäische Independent-Filmfestival gibt Debüt-Filmemachern eine noch größere Chance, die eigene Arbeit auf dem ÉCU-Filmfestival in Paris vom 30. März bis 1. April 2012 zu zeigen. Wenn Du Deinen ERSTEN Kurzfilm ÜBERHAUPT (produziert nach Januar 2010) in die Kategorie ÉCU FIRSTS einreichst, erlässt ÉCU die Einreichungsgebühr und garantiert eine [...]

The Early Bird Deadline is in just 2 days!

English Don’t miss the ÉCU European Independent Film Festival EarlyBird deadline on November 20th – submit your film today!