Two Canadian copros and one Canadian film will be showcased at the European Independent Film Festival in Paris, France.

In the experimental film category is Canada-U.K copro Achanté, directed by Emily McMehen with cinematography by Geoffrey Sautner, a portrait of the Vodou tradition featuring four communities in the south of Haiti.

McMehen and Sautner are Canadian filmmakers based in London, England. The film is produced by Mazibel Productions.

Rob Heydon’s Ecstasy will screen in the non-European dramatic feature category. Ecstasy, directed by Heydon and produced by his Toronto-based Ecstasy Film, is based on the book by Scottish author Irvine Welsh.

The Toronto-shot film debuted at the Toronto Independent Film Festival in September, and was sold by Intandem Films to 20 countries including Portugal and South Africa.

Also in the non-European dramatic feature category is Blissestraße, a Canada-Germany copro written and directed by Paul Donovan. The film follows a group of young American Christian fundamentalists travelling to Berlin with the mission to bring Germans and Jesus together.

Donovan, no stranger to the Canadian-German copro, is also the creator of sci-fi series Lexx, and produced Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine under the now-defunct Salter Street Films (a prodco co-founded with his brother, Michael) – both productions having received financing in Canada and Germany.

The films are among 100 films from 33 countries that will screen at the festival, which runs March 30 to April 1.