Join friends, classmates, Professors, and film-lovers from all over the world for a three day film festival. Our annual festival showcases films that demonstrate quality, innovation, and creativity in both form and content.
ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival is dedicated to the discovery and advancement of the very best independent filmmakers from around the world. We proudly provide a unique platform for risk-taking storytellers to reach the broadest audiences possible.
ÉCU has expressly established itself and is often referred to as the Sundance of Europe. As such, we are the perfect venue for bold and visionary filmmakers to present their work to the cinema-loving public who are actively seeking alternatives to commercial-hungry major studio projects. Our screenings of new and thought-provoking cinematic creativity attracts more than just the public, but agents, talent scouts, production company representatives, distributors, and established producers, all of whom are searching for inspiring projects and raw talent.
As well as the film screenings, festival attendees will have the opportunity to participate in an array ofworkshops, ‘Meet-the-Directors‘ discussions in which the audience poses questions directly to the filmmakers. There is also a full program of live music hosted by ÉCU’s partner Access Film-Music at our after-parties on all three nights of the festival.