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For ÉCU three days in Paris is just not enough. Every year our festival travels around the world making sure our “Official Selection” directors and films are made known. This follows our commitment to cultivate the new and inspiring talent that we come across.

Last year was quite a busy year for us. ÉCU traveled around the globe to 17 countries showing the very best of its independent films. This is made possible through the help of over 60 (and quickly growing) partner festivals. During these festivals, some of our “Official Selection” films are screened, which furthers the size of our directors audience and their creative voices. In adding to the number of viewers, we are able to champion ÉCU’s belief in our directors and passion for independent cinema. This action alone makes our storytellers voices heard, their creativity made known, and allows them possibilities they would otherwise might not have had.

As a festival for filmmakers, it is important for ÉCU to go on the road and tour our films. Through events like the ones mentioned above, we have to ability to changes lives, forge relationships, further creation and artistic expression, and encourage a new generation of filmmaking and film-goers. We will be going on the road soon, now that ÉCU 2012 is finished. ÉCU has already confirmed screenings at Naperville Independent Film Festival in the United States, Outbox Short Film Festival in Lebanon, OPEN CINEMA Film Festival in Russia, and hopes for many others. Maybe we will run into you!

Events listed in order of Most Recent.

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19th – 22th April, 2012

On Location: Memphis International Film & Music Festival, USA

Think Memphis and you think music: Graceland, Stax, Sun Studios. So its no surprise that On Location Memphis is one film festival where music and movies are the best of buddies, whether its special events like live flamenco at the Rhumba Room or the live blues and rock’n’ roll at the Saturday Night Bash. I mean, how many festivals can boast Isaac Hayes himself as a previous attendee? A non-profit organisation since 1999, the festival has been growing year on year, going from strength to strength with high-profile talent and top quality films. Amongst film-makers, the festival’s all-volunteer staff are legendary for doing their very best to make your stay as relaxed as possible. So where better to experience that classic Southern hospitality – and catch a few great movies while you’re at it?

Read more about the festival here: http://onlocationmemphis.org/

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29th – 31th March, 2012

Clare Valley Film Festival, Australia

The Clare Valley Film Festival, deep in Australia’s Mid-North Region, is saturated with the rich landscape and oral history of its region. This young festival is already “building a reputation as one of the top educationally focused film festivals in regional Australia” (Screenculture.net) and in that it stands as a landmark showcase for regional Australian talent and a lighthouse of inspiration for young film-making talent. The interactive, get-involved spirit of the festival is perhaps best exemplified by the Clewers Film Challenge – to script, shoot and cut a three minute film in just 48 hours! Hosted by the Blyth Cinema, Westpac Community Idol of 2005, and MashMosh films, responsible for such internationally recognised docs as The Sweeney – The Life and Work of Jim Sweeney; the Clare Valley Film Festival is an essential stop on any globe-trotting film-lovers itinerary.