"Ondar Ahoak" by filmmaker Angel Aldarondo is a
new submission to ÉCU 2011. Check out the teaser!
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"Ondar Ahoak"
par le réalisateur Angel Aldarondo vient d'être envoyé au festival ÉCU 2011.
Voici la bande annonce!
"Scottish Bob" compiting in Non-European Dramatic Short category is a
new submission to ÉCU 2011. When the Family gets together, it is a
constant struggle to avoid the day ending in disaster. Check out the
teaser!
"Scottish Bob" en compétition dans la catégorie des courts-métrages
non européens vient d’être envoyé à ÉCU 2011. Quand la famille se
réunit, c’est une lutte constante p ...
by Stephanie Carrera
By chance in August 2010, I went to a short-film festival and networking event called “Films in the City,” hosted by a London group called Non-Multiplex Cinema. It was at this fun, casual night that I got the chance to view two talented French filmmakers’ directorial debut, The Red Balloon.
Despite this being their first directing effort, however, Alexis Wajsbrot and Damien Mace are no strangers to the film business. Both have worked in the visual ...
"St. Christophorus: Roadkill" is a new submission to ÉCU
2011. Chris, a young lawyer, drives on a nightly road heading towards Hamburg.
But his ride takes an unexpected turn as he witness a tragic accident. Check
out the trailer!
"Blindspot" is a new submission to ÉCU 2011. It is a story
of broken trust and the false prejudices that arise when love is lost. Check
out the trailer!
by Marc Rickenbach
El Guincho “Bombay”
Sure, I’m a little late in bringing up the new El Guincho video for “Bombay”. Maybe it’s because I didn’t really know what to say about it. Or because I’ve just been too busy watching it on repeat, searching out all the films it made me think of, then watching those. And yes, this song would probably be more appropriate in hot weather. But regardless, here we are in the new year with a brilliant video that retreats back to th...
"Paths of Hate" by filmmaker Damian Nenow is a new
submission to ÉCU 2011. "Paths of Hate" is a dynamic tale about hatred
which is the indispensable element of human nature. Check out the teaser!
"Agadez, the Music and the Rebellion" is a new submission to
ÉCU 2011. The film tells the story of an ancient Saharan nomadic tribe who,
since the 12th century, have linked North Africa and West Africa, guiding their
camel caravans across the desert, spreading art and music from Egypt to Mali. Check
out the trailer!
"American Jihadist" is a submission to ÉCU 2011.
"American Jihadist" is the story of Isa Abdullah Ali, an
African-American Muslim from the ghettos of Washington, DC, labeled a
"known terrorist" by the U.S. Defense Department though he's never
been charged with any crime. Check out the trailer!
This month we say au revoir to Rhiannon Hobbins, ÉCU’s Festival Manager for the past four years. Rhiannon was the ultimate resource for all that is ÉCU but she is moving on to her next adventure back in her home country of Australia. It’s hard to express how much she will be missed but her influence will be everlasting as the festival builds upon the fabulous foundations that she put in place.
So, without further ado Rhiannon tells us in her own words how the last four years...
"The Stone: No Soul Unturned" is a new submission to ÉCU 2011.
Five paranormal investigators arrive at a medieval church. A great
hall stands close by, once residence of the mad, bad, Lord Byron.
Alister, Craig, Helena, Charlotte and Tony have all come to seek out
the mysteries of life after death. Check out the trailer!
Following last month’s exciting announcement of the overall winner of our Driven Creativity Competition, check out this exclusive video of the gallery exhibition of shortlisted work! The video was taken at the private launch night of the exhibition, held in London’s Brick Lane, and looks at what creativity means to the winning entrants.
We also recently had an inspiring chat with the competition’s amateur film winner – Ke Nguyen and his stop motion photography animation Hayf...
"The
Beast Pageant" is a new submission to ÉCU 2011. The film is about
Abraham, who lives in a confined apartment where his only companion is a
giant machine. Inside the machine is a man and a woman who take care of
Abraham's every need. Check out the trailer!
<<The Beast
Pageant>> vient d'être envoyé à ÉCU 2011- raconte l'histoire
d'Abraham, un homme qui habite dans un appartement confin ...
"Afterwards" is a new submission to ÉCU 2011. A woman on the
run has one night to find her estranged, homeless father on the streets of
Berlin- under cover of darkness the secrets of their East German past come to
light. Check out the trailer!
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photo © Roc Herms
by Marc Rickenbach
Argentinian artist Sebastián Litmanovich is the sort of guy that
can’t seem to stay still…creatively speaking. At any given time he is
involved in several projects, putting his many talents that span
different mediums to good use. While performing or releasing his
loveable Spanish-language indie pop, he goes by the name Cineplexx under
which he has released no less than three full length albums, countless
remix EPs and just as man...
Bringing a feminine approach to the largely-masculine dominated
cinematic era of the Nouvelle Vague, Agnes Varda has been a pioneer of
French feminist cinema for over 40 years. Cléo de 5 à 7 traces 2 hours
in a woman’s life as she travels around Paris anxiously awaiting medical
test results. One of the key scenes in the film takes place at Parc
Montsouris in the 14th arrondissement, and Jen Wallace headed over there
to discover which landmarks featured in the movie can still be f...
"A Damn Killer" is a new submission to ÉCU 2011. A story of Adam,
26 years old man, who wants to become an assassin. Meanwhile he is trying to
execute his first job he meets Eve, a suicide jumper. This fateful encounter
turns his life upside down. Check out the trailer!
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"Days of Harvest" is a new submission to ÉCU 2011. A story of 17-year-old Elia, who is spending the summer harvesting grapes on his parent's farm. Bored and a little lonely, his life is thrown into turmoil when the beautiful and experienced Emilia comes to help with the harvest. Check out the trailer!
by Ana Soares
It’s tough to be an artist in the era of copyright, so knowing
that organizations like Creative Commons are out there, looking out for
your right to be creative, can be at least reassuring.
Whether you’re an independent or mainstream filmmaker, a musician or a
scientist, a writer or an ayahuasca appreciator – copyright laws
concern you. If your job or hobby involves being creative and producing
something unique out of whatever influences you, you’...
Scott, festival president attended G-Tech's Driven Creativity Competition awards ceremony in London on the 16th of Nov. Want to find out, who was the winner? Then check out the video!
"Letters from the Desert (Eulogy to Slowness)" is
a new submission to ÉCU 2011.
The story is about Hari, a postman, who every day for 20
years, been walking through the Thar desert delivering letters to remote
villages, holding the reins of secluded lives that talk about loves, weddings,
successes and deaceses.
Check out the teaser!
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"Pink
Subaru" by Japanese filmmaker Kazuya Ogawa is a new submission to ÉCU 2011. Meet
Elzober, widower and father of 2, who works in a restaurant and is finally able
to fulfil his dream: to buy a brand new black Legacy. Check out the official
trailer! ///
‹‹Peine Perdue›› par Guillaume Mazloum est une nouvelle soumission Ècus 2011. Voici la treaser!
“The Lost Cause” by Guillaume Mazloum is a new submission to
ÉCU 2011. Check out the teaser!
„Een Kleine Duw“ is a new submission to ÉCU 2011.
„Een Kleine Duw“ is by Belgium filmmaker Philippe Verkinderen.
Check out official trailer!
"Language of Broken Heart" is a new submission to ÉCU 2011.
"Language of Broken Heart" is by Americal filmmaker Rocky Powell.
Check out the teaser!
