Hey, we’re Elly and Katia, we’re two sixteen year old students from The Latymer School, London, doing work experience at ÉCU- The European Independent Film Festival in Paris. We’re currently both...

by Métissa Andre Fans of the dear departed “Cinéma Images d’Ailleurs” brace yourselves, the movie theatre on rue Daubenton has recently reopened! On September 29th it was reborn as the Cinema...

ÉCU’s partner Cineuropa.org, proposes an online scriptwriting course in English, French, Italian and Spanish. The training formula is based on a direct and personalised contact between the...

NOMAD Films is excited to announce their partnership with the “Big Screen Project” in New York City. Through this partnership, NOMAD Films will curate an exhibition of short films directed...

  We’ve recently added an interesting new case study to our website about Alexander Hölzl – creator of the popular online crime series Paradise Island (which receives more than 1,400,000 views...

by Yann-Yves A few weeks ago, Russian director Alexander Sokurov came to the Forum des Images to present a short documentary and his feature film Russian Ark, in honor of the program...

by Jennifer Wallace Parisian landscapes are frequently manipulated by directors to create a self-contained world for the protagonists. In Michael Haneke’s ‘Hidden’, clues to unravelling the...

  You may have noticed that we sneakily changed our graphics for ÉCU 2011 and you may have asked yourself, “What the…?” Well let us explain.  The ÉCU Team realizes that making an independent...

by Marc Rickenbach American mash-up master Girl Talk has been the subject of much controversy due to his copyright-bending art and wild live shows. With a new album out (available as a free...

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...