Events

    We strive to ensure that ÉCU is a particularly rewarding experience for everyone who comes to the event. There will be plenty of opportunities to attend an array of writing, acting, directing and editing workshops, get advice in distribution seminars on how to best sell your indie flick and participate in discussion panels with the independent filmmakers from around the World who are attending ÉCU 2008.

    Scriptwriting
    “Writing the Dramatic Scene” with Alan Arrivée (English)
    “The Challenges of the Writer / Director” with Alan Arrivée (English)
    “Dramatic Writing” with Georges Ruquet (French)
    “Scriptwriting Session” with Jeff Gross, a Roman Polanski collaborator (English/French)
    “Once the Screenplay is Finished, What‘s the Next Step?” with Jeff Goldberg (English/French)
    “Analysis – Real Project in Development” with Jeff Goldberg (English/French)
    Acting
    “An Introduction into Film Acting” with Charles Weinstein from Film Acting Paris (English/French)
    “The Experienced Actors Workshop” with Charles Weinstein from Film Acting Paris (English/French)
    “Coaching for Actors” with Damien Acoca (French)
    Directing
    “Directing Documentaries” with Academy Award winning director Scott Hillier (English/French)
    “The Things They Don‘t Teach You in Film School” with Adrian Westbrook (English/French)
    Editing
    “The Art of Editing” with the editor from Brice de Nice, Antoine Vareille (English/French)
    Distribution
    “Independent Film Distribution in the New Media Age” with Matt Jeschelnik (English)
    Guy Tucker presents Euro Indie, an indie film distribution company who deals exclusively with distributing films through digital platforms (English)
    “How to utilize MySpace and the booming social networking websites on the Internet to get your film seen and bought” with Edouard Bourbon (English/French)
    Mobile phones and films
    Nokia
    Networking
    “Online Networking in the Film Industry” with Iain Alexander (English)
    Photography exhibition
    William LET presents “Storyboard”
    Special screening
    Our partner festival, OSKARIADA, the International Independent Feature Film Festival held in Warsaw Poland, will be screening a selection of their award winning films.
    Music in Film
    “Putting film makers and musicians together: getting in touch with the right score”

    To reserve your place in a workshop email workshops@ecufilmfestival.com