Europe’s oldest and indiest film festival is about to kick off!
Here’s how to create your Raindance experience.
1.How to attend
First of all you have to attend! See movies! Network! Party!
There’s two ways to attend:
a.Buy a Festival Pass
A pass gets you cinema tickets AND admission to the Indie Film Forum’s tantalising menu of masterclasses, workshops, panel discussions and parties:
b. Browse the schedule – pick a film
Browse the host of the very best independent films, heart-stopping documentaries and brilliant short film programmes,
See which film tickles your curiosity. Book a ticket directly from the cinema. Most screenings include a Q&A with the filmmakers.
See Whats On Here
c. Choose your poison – Day Pass
You don’t need to commit to the entire festival – pick your day, and get a day pass allowinjg you to all the events at the Indie film forum, open each day from 10 til very late!
2. Amazing Events
If you are interested in launching a film career, or to learn the latest in everything from Finance to AI, or Getting and Agent to selling your film, the Indie Film Forum should be your first stop.
Over 30 key events including:
Masterclass with Christian Friedel
Christian Friedel impressed us as Rudolf Höss in the Oscar Winning The Zone of Interest, but his breakout performance was in the equally shocking The White Ribbon. [Ticket includes White Ribbon screening]
Live!Ammunition! – the pitching competition
A stellar panel of producers from New York, Toronto and London. Drop a fiver in the hat and you get 2 minutes to convince the panel to read your script and/or fund your film!
Adam Morse: Defying Expectations
Friday June 29 | 2pm | Wonderville
Day Pass £25 | Free with Festival Pass
Join the award-winning Legally Blind actor and filmmaker, Adam Morse, for a special screening of his latest work and a conversation about; cinema, impact, and inclusivity.
3. Raindance Immersive
The Raindance experience would be incomplete without Immersive Filmmaking. We have championed Immersive since 2016.
Come and see this years amazing collection.
And visit the Raindance Immersive Summit on Wednesday 19th June at Wonderville
Book Your Sumit Pass Here
4. Amazing German Films
We have a collection of the top bold, innovative and fresh German films available to screen in western Europe – and it’s probably the most interesting and diverse group of films from Germany.
Join us from 19–28 June 2024 as we bask in the radiance of summer with a programme of relevant, radical, and glorious premieres. Want it all? Get your all-inclusive Festival Pass now screening in Britain this year.
German films at Raindance:
- Cuckoo (Opening Night) 19 Jun 2024 18:30 – Thu, includes Icon Award SOLD OUT
- Eternal You June 21, 2024 |8:40 pm | Curzon Soho
- Falling Into Place June 20, 2024 | 9:00 pm | Curzon Soho
- It’s Burning June 20, 2024 | 8:30 pm | Genesis
- What You See Of Me June 21, 2024 | 8:30 pm | Genesis
- The White Ribbon (Heritage screening) June 22, 2024 | 5:00 pm | Curzon Soho
- German Shorts June 22, 2024 | 3:00 pm | Genesis
Did You Know?
- Raindance Film Festival is considered one of the top fifteen film festivals in the world?
- The Higher Education programme at Raindance Film School offers HND, BA and MA in Filmmaking and Screenwriting?
- Raindance members support indie film, and enjoy a range of member benefits
- You can call us on +44 (0) 207 930 3412
Photo Credit: Bertie Watson
I founded Raindance Film Festival in 1993 because the British film industry was closed, polite, and congratulating itself while shutting new filmmakers out.
I co-founded the British Independent Film Awards in 1998 because British indie film deserved more than a shrug, a pat on the head, and a Tuesday night screening.
Raindance didn’t start as a brand. It started as a rebellion: film training without gatekeepers, a festival without permission, and a community built by filmmakers who weren’t waiting to be invited in.
Later, we took it global: Toronto, Vancouver, New York, LA, Berlin, and Brussels, because independent film doesn’t belong to one city, one class, or one accent.
I’ve produced 700+ short films and seven features, including Deadly Virtues (2014) and ALICE, which won the SXSW Grand Jury Prize (2019) not because someone “discovered” us, but because the work earned its place.
I’ve written three books used by filmmakers worldwide because too many courses taught compliance instead of survival.
In 2009, I was awarded a PhD for services to film education, ironic, given that most of my career has been about tearing down the rules that education insisted you follow.
I don’t believe in waiting for permission.I believe in making work, building systems, and forcing the industry to catch up.
Specialties: Independent Film (the real kind) · Producing · Writing · Film Education · Festivals · Breaking Broken Systems
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