“The Miraculous Tale of the Children Dubois” is the brainchild of writer/director Cassandra Lee Hamilton from Austin Texas.

“Ink” is a subversive and unsettling ÉCU Student short directed by Nuno Neves . Who knew ink had such an organic, benign energy – able to create images that are hypnotic and frightening

Fabien Dubois gives us details about his film, recently chosen for the ÉCU 2010 Official Selection

Director, Alice Mitterrand recently submitted her film, D’UNE VIE A L’AUTRE to the ÉCU 2010 Dramatic Short category. She discusses the joys and sorrows of motherhood as well as her own struggles as a filmmaker.

Director Dean Bajramovic gives us an enticing sneak peak into his recent ÉCU 2010 Non-European Dramatic Feature submission, GANGSTER EXCHANGE, a quirky and dynamic (and somewhat autobiographical) gangster comedy about a Japanese Yakuza member smuggling heroin…in a toilet. Anna Takayama get’s the gritty details.

Director James Rumsey recently submitted his film, MILK MAN, to the ÉCU 2010 Fiction Short film category. Having recently won the “Audience Choice Award” at the Filmstock International Film Festival 2009 in the UK, Rumsey talks to us about milk, re-birth and the beauty of working on a tight budget.

“Recto Recto Gancho”, directed by Santiago Maza, is a recent submission the European Independent Film Festival’s Student Film category

Having recently won “Best Art Film” at the Monaco International Film Festival, we asked director Carmen Rozestraten to elaborate on the inspiration behind her submission to ÉCU 2010’s European Experimental film category, AFTER THE WATER THE CLOUDS.

EN DARLIG DAG, a recent submission to the ÉCU 2010 European Dramatic Short category is about a professional hitman, whose job doesn’t go quite to plan. Mairi Cunningham talks to the film’s director Bjarki Thomsen.

Mirel Bran is an extremely well-regarded and experienced journalist. During his career, he has acted as Romanian correspondent for French paper Le Monde and French radio station Inter

“Last Supper for Malthus”, directed by Klaus Pas, is competing in ECU 2010’s European Documentary Feature category. Check out this teaser!

TURNSTUNDE, from director Hannes Rall, a recent submission to the ÉCU 2010 Animation category, is about the adventures of a young boy and his unusual nightmare: the gym lesson! Anna Takayama finds out what inspired the director, and more.

FOUR ROSES, a recent submission to the ÉCU 2010 European Dramatic Feature category, explores themes of isolation, love, and being. Director Kris De Meester talks to Anna Takayama about the charm of police sirens, the color of black and white, and flying hippos in France.

Jamil Dehlavi is an independent filmmaker of Pakistani and French origin. He studied film directing at Columbia University in New York and in 1975 he wrote, directed, and produced his first movie “Towers of Silence”