Official Selection 2015

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ÉCU-The European Independent Film Festival is delighted to reveal the Official Selection of its 10th Edition. ÉCU 2015 will showcase 84 films from 32 countries from April 10th to April 12th in Paris, France.

Arab Special Selection

• AMONGST, Mohammed Alsalman, Saudi Arabia

 

•  WITH TIME, Malak Quota, United Arab Emirates

 

•  THE RIDDLE, Fidae Sbaai, Morocco

 

Animated Films

•  BLOOD TIES, Sophie Kavouridis- Manon Lazzari- Marion Louw- Simon Pannetrat- Thomas Ricquier, France

•  DÄWIT, David Jansen, Germany

 

•  JUNK GIRL, Mohammad Zare – Shalale Kheiri, Iran

 

•  MEND AND MAKE DO, Bexie Bush, United Kingdom

 

•   SOVEREIGN PAPERWORK, Lala Severi, Uruguay

 

• THE BIGGER PICTURE, Daisy Jacobs, United Kingdom

 

UP IN A PLANE, Rachel Moore, Canada

Comedy Films

•  DE SMET, Thomas Baerten and Wim Geudens, Belgium-Netherlands

 

•  FIXED, Codey Wilson and Burleigh Smith, Australia

 

•  THE DANDELION, Sophie-Clémentine Dubois, Belgium

 

•   THE FLY, Olly Williams, United Kingdom

 

European Documentaries

• ANIMA, Simon Gillard, Belgium

 

•  GAZI TO GEZI – A STONES THROW AWAY, Ross Domoney, United Kingdom

 

• SOCOTRA: THE HIDDEN LAND, Carles Cardelùs, Yamen-Spain-USA

 

European Dramatic Features

• HERE LIES, Duncan Ward, United Kingdom

 

• PSEUDONYM, Thierry Sebban, France

 

•  ROSEVILLE, Martin Makariev, Bulgaria

 

THE KIDS FROM THE MARX AND ENGELS STREET, Nikola Vukcevic, Montenegro

 

European Dramatic Short

• ABOVEBOARD, Sam Jack Gilmore and Felix Jude West, United Kingdom

 

• AMBITION, Tomek Bagiński, Poland

 

• A PASSION OF GOLD AND FIRE, Sébastien Pins, Belgium

 

• BORDER TRAFFICKING, Peter Rautek, Austria

 

• CODA, Scott Jae and Justyna Mikina, United Kingdom

 

• CONCRETE/NIGHT, Noe Weil, France

 

 

• FLEXIBILITY, Remedios Crespo, Spain

 

 

•  HUMAN, Brigitte Drodtloff, Germany

 

 

• LAST WILL: IDYLL, Alice von Gwinner, Germany

• SOLO FINALE, Ingo Putze, Germany

 

 

• SOPHIE AT THE RACES, Alan Friel, Ireland

 

• SUPERBIA, Martti Helde, Estonia

 

• THE ANKLET, Guillaume Levil, France

 

• THE BARBIERS BLADE, Hakan Can, Germany

 

• THE CHILD, Manu Gòmez González, Spain

 

• THE STOMACH, Ben Steiner, United Kingdom

 

• TOUCH, Andrew Richardson, United Kingdom

 

European Experimental Films

 

•  BLACK TAPE, Uri Kranot and Michelle Kranot, Denmark

 

• KEPLER, George Drivas, Greece

 

• MOVING YEREVAN, Jevan Chowdhury, United Kingdom

• MY NAME IS FRANCO AND I LIKE DARK CHOCOLATE, Silvia De Gennaro, Italy

 

• OUT OF REACH (RAIN NIGHT), Pablo Diartinez, Belgium

 

European Music Video

 

• BELIEVE THE LIE, Javier Longobardo, Spain

 

• TATOOINE, Ken Duken, Germany

• HEAVEN TOO CLOSE, Martynas Norvaišas, Lithuania

 

• ENTOMOPHOBIA, Robin Rippmann, United Kingdom

• COLORADO SPRINGS, Manuel Pascual, Spain

 

• STOP ALL JERK!, Armel Gourvennec, France

 

• TOKYO, Bouha Kazmi, United Kingdom

 

• WHEN GILRS COLLIDE, Javier Longobardo, Spain

 

Non-European Documentaries

• ALMOST FRIENDS, Barak Heymann and Nitzan Ofir, Israel

 

• AMONG THE DISCARDED, Trent Dion Soto, USA

 

• HALF SOUR, Mary Anne Rothberg – Sean McGing, USA

 

• IT’S MY BIRTHDAY AND I’LL FLY IF I WANT TO, Morgana Muses, Australia

 

• THE DARK SIDE, Richard Ledes, USA

 

• THE LAST IMPRESARIO, Gracie Otto, Australia

 

• TRIP ALONG EXODUS, Hind Shoufani, Syrian Arab Republic-Lebanon

 

Non-European Dramatic Features

 

• FLYTRAP, Stephen David Brooks, USA

 

• ONE EYED GIRL, Nick Matthews, Australia

 

• THE SHOOT, John Adams, Toby Poser, USA

 

Non-European Dramatic Short

• 8 SPIDERS, Daniel Lecanda, Mexico

 

• 127, Christopher Peters, New Zealand

 

• BACK PAGES, Tony Fabro, USA

 

• BEFORE THE BOMB, Tannaz Hazemi, USA

 

• CATCHING FIREFLIES, Lee Whittaker, USA

 

• EXIT ROAD, Yuri Alves, Portugal-USA

• TEXTISMS, D. Jeremy Bolton, USA

 

• THE ORIGINAL IQ TESTER, Alan Arrivée, USA

 

Student Films

• ANOTHER GREEN WORLD, Christina Hardinge, United Kingdom

 

• BEING AN ANGEL, Luigi Abanto Varese, Spain

 

• BENEATH WATER, Charlie Manton, United Kingdom

 

• EXIT NEVERLAND, Chadi Abdul-Karim, Denmark

 

 

• FINAL STROKE, Anne Chlosta, Germany
  

 

• INVISIBLE, Zofia Pregowska, Poland

 

 

• KILLING MY GIRL, Tasos Giapoutzis, United Kingdom

 

 

• LOOP, Andy Wijckelsma and Olivier Minet, France

 

 

• OH! MY PRINCESS, Heewook SA, Republic of Korea

 

 

• ONE THOUSAND & ONE TEARDROPS, Fateme Ahmadi, United Kingdom

 

 

• ONE TURTLE, Anna Romanova, Russia

 

 

• TERMINAL, Davur Djurhuus, United Kingdom

 

 

• THE EMOTIONAL DIMENSIONS OF THE JAMES RIVER, Michelle Marquez, USA

 

 

• THE YEAR A PIG HANGED ITSELF, JieYu Lee, China

 

• VOYEUSE, Florence Sobieski, France

 

ÉCU-The European Independent Film Festival is delighted to announce the scripts that have been shortlisted for our “Much More Than A Script Competition 2015”. Three scripts for each category (Short Film Scripts and Feature Film Scripts) were selected.

Congratulations to: