Script Angel is proud to collaborate with Raindance Film Festival as the Official Script Development Partner for the 2026 Raindance Script Competition.
The collaboration will provide emerging writers with tangible opportunities to refine their work and connect with professional development resources.
Each Raindance Script Competition category winner will receive a free one-to-one script consultation with a Script Angel consultant.
In addition, all Raindance Script Competition shortlisted writers will be invited to attend an exclusive Script Development Masterclass with Script Angel.
Hayley McKenzie, Script Angel founder, said; “In our mission to discover and develop the best new screenwriting talent, Script Angel is thrilled to partner with Raindance Film Festival. Their dedication to fostering and championing independent filmmakers is unparalleled. The Raindance Script Competition is an incredible opportunity for screenwriters and filmmakers to be part of the Raindance community, hone their skills and develop their network of collaborators and peers.”
Elliot Grove, Founder of Raindance Film Festival, added:
“Raindance has always existed to support filmmakers at the earliest and most vulnerable stage of their careers — the script. Partnering with Script Angel strengthens our commitment to writers by giving them direct access to expert development support and practical guidance that can genuinely move a project forward.”
Maximiliano Santana, Script Competition Coordinator, added:
We’re delighted to announce this partnership, which directly supports one of the competition’s key goals for this edition: helping writers get discovered. We recognise how challenging it can be to break into the industry, which is why we aim to equip writers with as many tools as possible to help them prepare, grow, and find meaningful opportunities to advance their careers. There’s no better partner for this than Script Angel.
About Raindance Film Festival:
Founded in 1993, Raindance Film Festival is one of the world’s leading festivals dedicated to independent filmmaking. Based in London, Raindance showcases bold new voices from around the world and champions emerging filmmakers through its film festival, script competitions, training programmes, and year-round educational initiatives.
Raindance is also home to Raindance Film School, which offers undergraduate and postgraduate film degrees as well as short courses for writers, directors, and producers. Its mission is to discover, nurture, and empower independent filmmakers globally.
About Script Angel
Script Angel is a professional scripted development and screenwriter training organisation with a mission to develop the next generation of screenwriting talent for the global film and television industry. Founded by experienced film and television drama executive Hayley McKenzie, Script Angel works with emerging writing talent in both the feature film and scripted television series industries.
Script Angel’s flagship Screenwriter Coaching programme helps writers from across the world to elevate their portfolio of scripts, develop their unique screenwriting voice, grow their creative confidence and develop a strategy to reach the next step on their professional screenwriting journey.
Raindance promotes and supports independent filmmaking and filmmakers.
From new and emerging to industry pros, Raindance connects, trains, supports, and promotes visual storytellers through every step of their career.
The Raindance Film Festival runs each Summer in London’s Leicester Square.
Raindance has been delivering film training since 1992. A wide range of Open Classes to a 2 year HND Level 5 BTEC in Moving Images to a Postgraduate Film Degree are delivered to students on five continents, both in person and online.
