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Avanca Film Festival

ÉCU is happy to announce our new partnership with Avanca Film Festival!

Avanca, a festival established in 1997, invites filmmakers from all
around the world to submit their short films, feature films,
documentaries, and experimental videos!

Avanca has sent some of their award winning films in for submission
to ÉCU, including Conto Do Vento, A Ria,A Ana, O Honen, and Desta Agua.
Hamilton Trindade, a representative from Avanca, will be participating
in our judging submissions process. Be sure to look out for their logo
in the 2011 ÉCU catalogue.
Avanca has also invited our very own festival president Scott Hillier
and he will be serving as a jury member for the 2011 festival which
takes place July in Avanca, Portugal!

Their deadline to submit films is April 29th, so hurry up and get your films in!!

You can find all of the information that you need about submitting your films here: www.avanca.com/

 

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ÉCU est heureux de vous annoncer notre nouveau partenariat avec le festival du film Avanca !

Avanca, un festival créé en 1997, invite des réalisateurs du monde
entier à présenter leurs courts et longs métrages, documentaires et
vidéos expérimentales !

Avanca a présenté à ÉCU une sélection des films récompensés lors de
leur festival, comme Conto Do Vento, A Ria,A Ana, O Honen, et Desta
Agua. Hamilton Trindade, un représentant d’Avanca, participera au
processus de sélection des films présentés. N’oubliez pas de chercher
leur logo dans le catalogue 2011 d’ÉCU.

Avanca a également invité notre président Scott Hillier, qui siégera
en tant que membre du jury lors du festival 2011 qui aura lieu en
juillet à Avanca au Portugal !

La date limite pour soumettre ses films est le 29 avril alors dépêchez-vous de leur transmettre vos films !

Vous trouverez toutes les informations nécessaires pour soumettre vos films ici : www.avanca.com/

 

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Scott Hillier, Founder and President of ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival
 
Scott Hillier is a director, cinematographer, and screenwriter, based in Paris, France. In the last 20 years, Hillier has gained international recognition from his strong and incredible cinematography, editing, writing, producing and directing portfolio in both the television and film industries.  
 
Scott began his career in the television industry in Australia. In 1988, he moved to London getting a job with the BBC who then set him to Baghdad. This opportunity led him to 10 years of traveling around world for the BBC, mainly in war zones like Somalia, Bosnia, Tchetcheynia, Kashmir, and Lebanon. After a near fatal encounter with a Russian bomber in Tchechnyia, Hillier gave up his war coverage and began in a new direction. 
 

He moved to New York City in 1998.  He directed and photographed eight one-hour documentaries for National Geographic and The Discovery Channel. Based on his war knowledge and experience, Hillier wrote and directed a short film titled, “Behind the Eyes of War!" The film was awarded “Best Short Dramatic Film” at the New York Independent Film and TV Festival in 1999. From that he served as Supervising Producer and Director for the critically acclaimed CBS 42 part reality series, "The Bravest” in 2002 and wrote and directed a stage play called, "Deadman’s Mai l," which ran at Le Théâtre du Moulin de la Galette in Paris during the summer of 2004. He then became the Director of Photography on a documentary titled, “Twin Towers." This was yet another life changing experience for Hillier. The riveting documentary won an Academy Award for "Best Documentary Short Subject" in 2003. In 2004, Hillier changed continents again, spending three months in Ethiopia. He produced “Worlds Apart,” a pilot for ABC America / True Entertainment / Endemol. As you can see, Hillier was and is always in constant movement and enjoys working in a number of diverse creative areas including documentaries, music videos, commercials, feature and short films.

 
Scott studied film at New York University and The London Film and Television School. He also studied literary non-fiction writing at Columbia University. Hillier's regular clients include the BBC, Microsoft, ABC, PBS and National Geographic. Between filming assignments, he used to teach film, a Masters Degree course in Screenwriting at the Eicar International Film School in Paris, France and journalism at the Formation des Journalistes Français in Paris, France. 
 

 


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