ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival is excited to announce its Official Selection of films that will be showcased at the 1st edition of the festival. ÉCU 2009 proudly screened 94 films from 25 countries on the Xth, Xth, and Xth of X 2009 in Paris, France.
European Dramatic Feature
| Film | Director | Country |
| Antisex | Larisa Isaeva, Anatoly Isaev | Russia |
| Mina Olin Siin | René Vilbre | Estonia |
| Madre Mia – Conversations avec La Mère | Stefan Libiot | France |
| Next to Babilonia | Sebastian Mantilla | Spain |
| Nosedive | Zsuszanna Kalomista | Hungary |
| Promeny | Tomas Rehorek | Czech Republic |
| Schattenmenschen (Shadow People) | Darioush Shirvani | Germany |
| Sing for Darfur | Johan Kramer | Netherlands |
| Unstoppable | Richard Harrison | United Kingdom |
| Zebra Crossing | Samuel Holland | United Kingdom |
European Dramatic Short
| Film | Director | Country |
| Boletos Por Favor | Lucas Figueroa | Spain |
| Captive | Gus Alvarez | United Kingdom |
| Crescendo | Pierre Terrade, Didier Woldemard | France |
| Der Innboende (The Lodger) | Sten Rosendahl | Sweden |
| Emmalou | Caroline Sascha Cogez | Denmark |
| H5N1, Le Jour De La Pandemie | Jean Olivier | France |
| Ich Bombe | Daniel Klein | France |
| Intercom | Mark Gutteridge | United Kingdom |
| L’enfant perdue | Josephine Mackerras | France |
| La Truite | Ari Allansson | France |
| Les Démêlés Existentiels de Gustave Güstner | Mehdi Benaïssa | Switzerland |
| Love Bombing | Phillip Lepherd | United Kingdom |
| Love is Dead | Eric Capitaine | France |
| Mai Altri | Fabio Perroni | Italy |
| Martin | Seán Branigan | Ireland |
| My Horizon | Matt Tromans | United Kingdom |
| Sale Timing | Olivier Barma | France |
| September | Esther May Campbell | United Kingdom |
| Sotto il mio giardino (Under my Garden) | Andrea Lodovichetti | Italy |
| The Chef’s Letter | Sybil H Mair | United Kingdom |
| The Flies | Josh Collier | United Kingdom |
| The Man I Never Knew | Prokopiy Burtsev | Russia |
| The Man Inside | Rory Bresnihan | United Kingdom |
| The Towel | Oliver Briginshaw | United Kingdom |
| Voyage D’Affaires | Sean Ellis | France |
| Yo y el Diablo (The Devil and I) | Jesus Urda | Spain |
European Documentary Short
| Film | Director | Country |
| Avatar Days | Gavin Kelly | Ireland |
| Impossible Venice | Anny Carraro | Italy |
| Natural Fears (Les Peurs Naturelles) | Aline Rupaud | France |
| Possessed | Martin Hampton | United Kingdom |
European Documentary Feature
| Film | Director | Country |
| Automne Allemand | Michael Gaumnitz | France |
| Fields of Demeter | Knut Krzywinski | Norway |
| Il Centro del Mondo | Carlo Chiaramonte | Italy |
| Retour au Desert | Thierry Bugaud | France |
| Ski Heil: The Two Planks That Mean the World | Richard Rossman | Austria |
| Waiting for Europe | Christine Reeh | Portugal |
Student Film
| Film | Director | Country |
| 44987373-V | Robert Ors Griera | Spain |
| Cheeese… | Hüseyin Tabak | Austria |
| Kicking Sand In Your Face | Cam McHarg | USA |
| Portuguese Man O’War | Lauren Mekhael | France |
| (Sun)Dust | Patrick Fröhlich | USA |
| The Bastard Tenant | Andrew Bradley | United Kingdom |
| Till Death Do Us Part | Thor Magnusson, Bartosz Kowalski | France |
| Underground | Markus Etter | United Kingdom |
| Welgunzer | Bradford Schmidt | USA |
| Wunderkammer | Andrea Pallaoro | USA |
Experimental Film
| Film | Director | Country |
| A Blind Perspective | Matt Marsh | United Kingdom |
| Camera 1 Plan 8 | Marion Tampon-Lajariette | France |
| Candy Darling | Silvia Defrance | Belgium |
| Copy City | Denise Hauser | United Kingdom |
| Energy | Thorsten Fleisch | Germany |
| Jukka | Emmanuel Trousse | USA |
| Manuelle Labor | Marie Losier | France |
| Outlaw | Ann Steuernagel | USA |
| Patronizing Ideas (Sunlit Upland) | Zeljo Vukiceviç | United Kingdom |
| The Fourth Course | Ri Chan | United Kingdom |
| Un Cadeau Pour… (A Gift for…) | Valerio De Bonis | Italy |
Animation Film
| Film | Director | Country |
| Don’t Let it all Unravel | Sarah Cox | United Kingdom |
| John and Karen | Matthew Walker | United Kingdom |
| Keith Reynolds Can’t Make it Tonight | Felix Massie | United Kingdom |
| Muto | Blu | Italy |
| Operator | Matthew Walker | United Kingdom |
| The Adventure of a Worm | Richard Pecha | Czech Republic |
Non-European Dramatic Feature
| Film | Director | Country |
| Badland | Francesco Lucente | USA |
| The Woman of AHHS | B.P. Paquette | Canada |
Non-European Dramatic Short
| Film | Director | Country |
| Compact Only | Pamela B. Greene | USA |
| Liminal | Stephen Keep Mills | USA |
| On the road to Tel Aviv | Khen Shalem | Israel |
| Pelo ouvido (Through the ear) | Joaquim Haickel | Brazil |
| Steak and Milk | Michael Maxxis | Canada |
| Triple Concerto in D Minor | Daniel Mitchell | Australia |
Non-European Documentary
| Film | Director | Country |
| Children in Exile | Chris Swider | USA |
| Classmates of Anne Frank | Eyal Boers | Israel |
| Gezici Nalbant | Haydar Demirtas | Turkey |
| March Point | Tracy Rector, Annie Silverstein | USA |
| Orgasmic Birth | Debra Pascali-Bonaro | USA |
| Project Huemul – The Fourth Reich in Argentina | Rodrigo Vila | Argentina |
Ecology Now!
| Film | Director | Country |
| Blue Gold: World Water Mars | Sam Bozzo | USA |
| Garbage Dreams | Mai Iskander | USA |
| Glore | Ingo Waide, Sermin Kaynak | Germany |
| The Great Squeeze: Surviving the Human Project | Christophe Fauchère | USA |
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