ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival is excited to announce its Official Selection of films that will be showcased at the 3rd edition of the festival. ÉCU 2008 proudly screened X films from X countries on the 14th, 15th, and 16th of March 2008 in Paris, France.
European Dramatic Feature
| Film | Director | Country |
| Happy New Year London | Berkun Oya | United Kingdom |
| Emma Blue | Robert MacLean | Greece |
| Bonjour Je M’Apelle Maxime Renard | Niels Dubost, Sévy Weber | France |
| El Sexo De Los Dinosaurios | Oscar Vega | Spain |
| Farkas | Tamás Tóth | Hungary |
| Saxon | Greg Loftin | United Kingdom |
| The Summer in Winter | David Sibaldi | Italy |
| Ruby Blue | Jan Dunn | United Kingdom |
| Anatema | Agim Sopi | Kosovo |
| Journal of a Contract Killer | Tony Maylam | United Kingdom |
| Alpha Omega | Mateusz Droba | Poland |
| Nazareno | Varo Venturi | Italy |
| The Block | Roland Nagy | Hungary |
European Dramatic Short
| Film | Director | Country |
| Janey Mary | Paul Brady | Ireland |
| Hartslagen (Heartbeats) | Vincent Coen’s | Belgium |
| Wednesday | Rob Sorrenti | United Kingdom |
| Adagio | Patrizio Cogliano | Italy |
| Made in Japan | Ciro Altabás | Spain |
| Shhh | Ben Slotover | United Kingdom |
| Pendulum | Dirk Vermeulen | Belgium |
| Déplacés | Klaus Pas | France |
| War Hero | Doug Rao | United Kingdom |
| Bird’s Nest | Lode Kuylenstierna | Sweden |
| Henri Orange | Simon Buttner | France |
| La Gardeuse D’Oies à La Fontaine | Patrick Bittar | France |
| In Vino Veritas | Jean-Jacques Cunnac | France |
| Schatten (Fading Away) | Fabien Giessler | Germany |
| Dans La Corde | Marc Alépée | France |
| Like A Magnet | Oliver Vandenbussche | Belgium |
| Die Flugbegleitner (Stewardess) | Marcin Glowacki | Germany |
| The Darkside | Jose Corral | Spain |
| Un Éclat | Rodolphe Viémont | France |
| L’Oro Rosso (Red Gold) | Cesare Fragnelli | Italy |
| Antes y Después de Besar a María | Ramón Alòs Sánchez | Spain |
| Ordogi Kor (Vicious Circle) | Peter Deak | Hungary |
| Diva | Richard D. Kinsella | France |
| Hello Spaceboy | Andy Walker | United Kingdom |
| Dusk | Nada Nenning | Austria |
| Tony Zoriel | Valentin Potier | France |
| La Quela | Liz Lobato | Spain |
| The Cleaner | Noel Kearns | United Kingdom |
European Documentary Short
| Film | Director | Country |
| Si Vola (Like Flying) | Laura Viezzoli | Italy |
| Under Their Skirts | Maria Suarez, Esteban Varade | Spain |
| Doppelpass (One-Two Pass) | Gregor Frei | Switzerland |
| Hero, Wings Are Not Necessary to Fly | Angel Loza | Spain |
European Documentary Feature
| Film | Director | Country |
| Torn From the Flag | Endre Hules, Klaudia Kovacs | Hungary |
| Patria Mia | Duska Zagorac | United Kingdom |
| Cuba, I’an 50 (Cuba, Year 50) | Pierre Beccu | France |
| The Lost Colony | Astrid Bussink | Netherlands |
| Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines | Tristan Loraine | United Kingdom |
| Escape From Luanda | Phil Grabsky, David Notman-Watt | United Kingdom |
| Lebanon Resisting Lunacy | Uwe – S. Tautenhahn | Germany |
| Ours is the Labour | Jeroen Van Bergeyk | Netherlands |
| Forbidden Future | Gard Aleksander Andreassen | Norway |
Student Film
| Film | Director | Country |
| Dandelion in the Pavement | Karen Stegall | USA |
| The Chance | Jeroen Bogaert | France, USA |
| Noir Dreams | Josh McClean | Guernsey |
| The Largest Prison on Earth | Fernanda Vareille | Brasil |
| Depth Wish | Osama El Abd | Egypt |
| Pulse | Emma Savage | United Kingdom |
| Identical Transition | Martin Sandberg | Sweden |
| Yo Yo | Liu Yanwnjun | China |
| Cocoon | Jeroen Bogaert | Belgium |
| Cassie | Paul Natale | France, USA |
Experimental Film
| Film | Director | Country |
| Hit | Kerry Ann Mullaney | United Kingdom |
| Rain | Carla MacKinnon | United Kingdom |
| The Neonorange Cow | Mischa Leinkauf, Matthias Wermke | Germany |
| Subtitles | Efe Oztezdogan | Turkey |
| Undertow | Neil Mcenery-West | United Kingdom |
| Nobody’s Pet | Aysegul Guryuksei | Turkey |
| Syscapes – Preludes | Eric Schockmel | Luxemburg |
| Funkyfish | Sébastien Bellaval | France |
| Découpage | Vanessa Aab, Monika Kijas | Germany |
| Agnieszka 2039 | Martin Waltz | United Kingdom |
Animation Film
| Film | Director | Country |
| Hanged Man’s Elegy | Alek Wasilewski | Poland |
| Jelek | Pa’lfi Zsolt | Hungary |
| Perpetuum Mobile | Raquel Ajofrin, Enrique García | Spain |
| In My Head | Veronica Lassenius | Spain |
Non-European Dramatic Feature
| Film | Director | Country |
| Hold the Door | Mark E. Johnson | USA |
| Heads N Tailz | Stephen David Brooks | USA |
| Liszt For President | Mark Mitchell | USA |
Non-European Dramatic Short
| Film | Director | Country |
| The Vault | Justin Owensby | USA |
| The Arab | Boris Wexler | USA |
| Pivot | Julius Ramsay | USA |
| Hollywood’s Heart | Andreas Wigand | USA |
| Milieu | Dmitry Torgovitsky | USA |
| Hardly Married | Diego M. Nunez | USA |
| Juntos Nos Es Suficiente | Pablo Gonzalez | Colombia |
| Dc Dingle | Rob Humphrey | USA |
| Poptart | Tracy Brown | USA |
Non-European Documentary
| Film | Director | Country |
| Beyond the Call | Adrian Belic | USA |
| Beyond Fear | Michael Perlman | USA |
| Tammuz | Nir Toib | Israel |
| Secret Trip | Zhao Hong | China |
| My Home, Your War | Kylie Grey | Australia |
| Passing Poston | James Nubile | USA |
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