Witness a multifarious selection of films from around the World, curated and carefully selected by Niger Asije, editor of the New Current.

This year's festival will includes in-kind partnership with ÉCU Film Festival in Paris which will allows them to bring the Best of ECU to London in 2016! How exciting is that?

What's in store for Sunday 21st February:

Nowhereland

Spain | 5min | Dir. Guillermo Madurga – ÉCU Alumni

Where would you go if you could go anywhere? Nowhereland it’s a trip through the imagination of a young couple who dreams to escape and share their privacy far away from the world that theyare living.

Exit Road

US/Portugal | 13min | Dir. Yuri Alves – ÉCU Alumni

Dane thought he left his demons and his drug addiction behind him, but his first day out of prison challenges both his promise to go clean and his very survival.

Last Will: Idyll

Germany | 12min | Dir. Alice von Gwinner – ÉCU Alumni

”Don’t just live on earth, be a part of it.” That’s the slogan of the latest invention of the Idyll company. There works Anja in an open plan office and escapes to find her own idyll in life.

Annas Augen (Anna’s Eyes)

Spain | 9min | Dir. Beatriu Vallès Jimeno – ÉCU Alumni

Anna wakes up one day with an old concern. There is something in her life that doesn’t work. Unable to continue with the daily routine, she goes out. She spends the day walking through the streets, reflecting and observing the people. Everything she sees leads her to make a decision.

Sick To My Bones

UK | 14min 28sec | Dir. Matthew Leonhart & Guy Davis

During her last days, a warrior pulls her prisoner through a deserted wasteland towards salvation.

Our Father

UK | 10min | Dir. Artur Zaremba

Unable to find peace and connect with his mother, Lawrence seeks distraction from his demons by volunteering for an emotional support helpline. A desperate phone call from a suicidal man makes him face the past and pushes the boy to the breaking point.

Beneath Water

UK | 15min | Dir. Charlie Manton

On the first anniversary of a traumatic life changing event, 16 year old Daisy attempts to get through to her increasingly withdrawn mother. Is her only solace beneath water?

Bystander Effect

Germany | 10min | Dir. Matthias Neumayer

Roughly a dozen people witness a crime on the very premises of their residential neighbourhood. But while the young woman falls prey to an obsessed rapist, they decide to simply watch and stand by.