What is "Echap" about?
Echap is a film about a séance that goes wrong. A closed-door drama with five girls who find themselves confronted by an unexpected spirit. A disturbing and clingy spirit that will find its way into all forms of modern communication, from websites to iPhones.
It's a film made with extremely limited resources.
We wanted to make a film that could be made quickly. Big projects take time and require compromises. With Echap, we're outside of all that. From the writing stage, we conceived it as a low-budget film. Conceived last June, shot in six days in August, it's being released now. All for a budget of €1,500.
Could this film have been made differently?
Genre films aren't well regarded in France. Few production companies make them. So we preferred to do it ourselves, rather than wait, to go before people who would have ended up saying no. This way, we really made the film we wanted to make.
Is this a new way of making films?
We're starting to do in film what's happening in music, where anyone can make a record. Rather than making a film with a 3 or 4 million budget and being under intense scrutiny if the box office returns aren't high enough, we're embarking on much simpler projects. Many directors are starting to work alone, taking their projects to the very end. Even great directors like Lynch are starting to produce their own films. Many prototypes will be released until the day someone comes along with a film that shows that cinema, now, is also going to take this approach.
Is distribution in the same spirit?
We also operate like musicians, promoting the film ourselves wherever we can. We're actively seeking venues to connect with the public, to showcase our work, and to discuss this new approach to filmmaking. And we're starting with this evening at the Celtic in Tarbes.
