Our Chinese intern, Jennet, talks about the Chinese film 'Four and a
Half Years Old', part of the ÉCU 2012 official selection. Check out this
video for a snapshot of the film and be sure to stay tuned for more
trailers!
Notre stagiaire Chinoise parle du film Chinois 'Four
and a Half Years Old', qui fait partie de la sélection officielle ÉCU
2012. Regardez cette vidéo pour un aperçu du film qu'elle a choisi et
être sûr de rester à l'écoute pour plus de remarques!
...
" Rima in Beirut" is one of the movies in the Official Selection of ÉCU
2012. Rima is a shy and insecure girl, yet very curious and imaginative.
At the age of 19, she moves to Beirut to lead an independent life away
from her parents. Everything changes when she buys her first camera that
will accompany her in her rounds in the city. One day, she discovers in
her photos a young man who follows her everywhere.
" Rima in
Beirut" est un film de la séléction offic...
"Alone" is one of the movies in the Official Selection of ÉCU 2012. When
a man wakes up to find his city deserted, he realizes that he has the
opportunity to do everything he has always wanted to do. // "Alone"
est un film de la séléction officielle 2012 à l'ÉCU. Quand un homme se
réveille pour trouver sa ville déserte, il réalise qu'il a une chance de
faire tout ce qu'il a toujours voulu.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4A1ibDPQOw&list=UUZvzrlKt9W...
"The Squirrel and The Penguin" is an official selection of ÉCU 2012.
This short film is a narrated tale following squirrels and penguins and
features a showcase of brilliant animation. // "The Squirrel and The Penguin" fait partie de la
sélection officielle d'ÉCU 2012. Ce court métrage est un conte suivant
des écureuils et des pingouins, il est mis en valeur par une brillante
animation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GK-0yHb388
...
The Game is an official selection of ÉCU 2012. The animated film
features a board game filled with suspense and consequence, taking place
in a deserted field between two individuals. But this is no ordinary
board game. Check it out!
"The Game" fait partie de la sélection
officielle d'ÉCU 2012. Le film d'animation dispose d'un jeu de plateau
rempli de suspense et de conséquence, prenant place dans un champ désert
entre deux individus. Mais ce n'est pas jeu de sociét...
We gathered together some of the Italian interns here at the ÉCU office and let them choose their favourite films from the upcoming 2012 ÉCU Film Festival. Check out this video for a snapshot of the films they chose and be sure to stay tuned for more trailers! //Tous les stagiaires italiens se sont rassemblés ici au bureau ÉCU et ont choisi leurs films préférés à partir de la sélection de l'ÉCU Festival du film 2012. Regardez cette vidéo pour un aperçu des films qu'ils ont choisi e...
Do you want to be in Paris for the ÉCU 2012? Check out the offers of our partner CTS Student and Youth Tourist Centre
The CTS – Centro Turistico Studentesco e Giovanile (Student and Youth
Tourist Centre) is a new ÉCU partner. Its goal is to spread the
practice of the youth tourism converting it into a moment of growth,
sharing and integration, leaving the stereotype of the mass tourism. For
over 35 years it has established a direct dialogue with the young
people deali...
ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival is delighted to announce the Official Selection. ÉCU 2012 will showcase 100 films from 33 countries on the 30th and 31st of March and 1st of April in Paris, France.
European Dramatic Feature (5)
Iron Doors 3D - Germany
On the Inside - Germany
Labirent - Turkey
Women and Children - United Kingdom
Everywhere and Nowhere - United Kingdom
European Dramatic Short (25)
Useful - Belgium
...
OK Go- Needing Getting
Over five years after OK Go became a YouTube sensation with the video
for ‘Here it Goes Again’ (more commonly known as the ‘treadmill
video’), the LA-based four piece are back with their unique brand of
freewheeling eccentricity – only this time on a much larger scale.
‘Needing Getting’ is like the older, more ambitious brother of ‘Here
It Goes Again’. It hits you in the face with its half-car, half-robot
contraption which softl...
Perhaps it’s because of her stunning retro Hollywood face or her
eerily spellbinding voice, but Lana Del Rey (aka Lizzie Grant) has
arrived. Her first album, Born To Die, was recently released in late
January and consists of 12 “Hollywood Sadcore” style tracks: tales of
dark yet beautifully twisted love stories. The single of the album, Born
to Die, recounts a relationship that is far from perfect yet eternally
addictive, made even more dramatic by the haunting and emoti...
Le Ballon Rouge, Albert Lamorisse, 1956
by Josie Ainscough
Le Ballon Rouge is a short, beautifully made film shot in colour, which tells the story of a little boy who finds a bright red balloon tied to a lamppost. He unties it, and finds out that it has a mind of its own. The balloon follows him around, bobbling along behind him, on the bus to school, even getting him into trouble with his head teacher. A group of bullies, jealous of the boy and his friendly balloon, chase them thr...
The Teen International Shorts Festival
February 8th – 11th
The Teen International Shorts Festival has been more of a project towards a common idea than a contest. As the team is preparing for its 8th edition that will take place in Istanbul in a couple of days (8th February – 11th February), we find out at their very explanatory internet site (www.tisfest.org) that the founders of the festival is the organization of Turkish Benefactors Association (TYSD) that was established in 192...
“The difference in European independent cinema is that it doesn’t leave anyone indifferent”
Interview: 29th of January, 2012
We interviewed Scott Hillier, a film and documentary director, producer, and President of ÉCU- The European Independent Film Festival .
By Mariana Castaño (Paris)
Scott Hillier is a “storyteller”. “Storyteller” is the word he uses himself, in a manner of English that he speaks at the speed of light. His eyes and hands move quickly an...
Les 7 Parnassiens (www.parnassiens.com) is one of many cinemas in Montparnasse, yet it is one of the most authentic and distinctive cinemas of them all. It offers the advantage of completely original programming, offering rare films not to be found anywhere else in the area. Les 7 Parnassiens can proudly boast a tradition of offering unknown works and independent films from all over the world to the general public.
The cinema on Boulevard du Montparnasse was the first in the area to sh...
by Eleanor Stanford
The French theatre troop THéâTRe CaCHé (‘Hidden Theatre’) certainly lives up to its name, performing in loaned apartments around Paris. One Friday night I was their sole audience member, in an interactive performance designed to show how “life is a journey and a journey can veer off course.”
Instead of being issued a ticket, I was told to meet a stranger at a Metro stop. He gave me his glasses and a false name and a picture of a girl. Having found the...
Kuala Lumpur International Short Film Festival30 January – 1 February 2012The Kuala Lumpur International Short Film Festival (KLIS) is the first and only short film festival in Malaysia and it is based in the metropolitan city of Kuala Lumpur.The Kuala Lumpur International Short Film Festival (KLIS) showcase the shorts by filmmakers from around the world to an audience of film executives and buyers, journalists, film fans and filmmakers. Along with screenings, there are seminars, workshops and...
VIEW AWARD 2012 | International contest of animated shortsThe 2012 VIEW AWARD’s are ready to come out in full! Breaking free from its international tradition, the 2012 VIEW AWARD’s are opening up their doors to new themes, subjects, and a wider audience of contestants!The VIEW AWARD is promoted by VIEW Conference, the premiere international event in Italy on Computer Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Digital Cinema, Medical Imaging, 3D Animation, Gaming and VFX.VIEW 2012, from 16th to 19th O...
"Mary and Bill" is a new submission to ÉCU 2012. A documentary following two elderly athletes, Mary, a 90 year old triathlete, and Bill, an 83 year old high jumper. Mary has just broken her leg while down hill skiing and Bill, who smoked for 45 years, is recovering from a heart attack. Through their amazing commitment, both Mary and Bill prove that age is just a number.
"Mary and Bill" est un ...
ÉCU wishes everyone a Happy New Year and we hope that everyone is energized, re-vitalized and ready to attack everything that 2012 is going to throw at us!Our FINAL, FINAL submission date is January 15th so, if there is anyone still out there with a great story and not already sent it to us now is the time. Our submission judges, over 60 of them hailing from all over the world, didn’t have a very long Christmas break and are screening films like crazy people as we work towards compiling a gre...
by Robert BerryFor all Paris residents who are also lovers of cinema – a Venn diagram with a broad intersection if ever there was one - watching Woody Allen’s recent Midnight in Paris must have provoked a series of uncanny recognitions: the steps at the top of Rue de la Montagne Ste-Genevieve without the overspill crowds of drinkers from the Bombardier pub, entrance to Polidor on Rue Monsieur le Prince, but with the tables arranged slightly differently. Allen’s film presents an impossib...
by Robert BarryThe competition was stiff. Amongst the other nominees were Herbie Hancock’s ‘Rockit’, Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’, the Tobe Hooper-directed clip for Billy Idol’s ‘Dancing With Myself’, and the epic $500,000 mini-movie of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’. But the first ever MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year went to the number 7 hit, ‘You Might Think’ from Bostonian new-wavers, The Cars.Opening in a computer-generated apartment with...
The Ministry of Education and Culture and Rialto Theatre announces that Calls for Entries for the 10thCYPRUS FILM DAYS -International Film Festival 2012, are now open. The festival, which is being held for the 10th time this year, will host an international competition section titled “Glocal Images” in which film-makers from around the globe and Cyprus are invited to submit their films.The films participating in the competition section will be selected by the festival’s artistic committee:...
Meet Iranian – New-Zealander Faramarz Beheshti, winner of Best Non-European Independent Documentary at ÉCU 2011 for “Salam Rugby”. It is a story of women rugby players in Iran, which may sound like an anomaly, but as this documentary shows, Iranian women are more than ready to dive into the scrum if only the authorities would let them. Following the Islamic Revolution in 1979 competitive sports for women were actively discouraged and it wasn't until the social reforms of the 90s that wome...
