September feels more like a new year than January. January brings resolutions. September brings sharpened pencils. There’s something about the end of summer that makes us want to learn again—new notebooks, new teachers, that mix of excitement and dread about what comes next. For filmmakers, September is exactly that moment. You don’t need to disappear […]
Every filmmaker has a project that refuses to leave them alone. It might be a screenplay sitting unfinished on your laptop. A documentary idea you have been researching for years. A short film that needs a producer. A feature you cannot quite finance. Or perhaps it is a web series that you know could find […]
Today Elliot Grove & Suzanne Ballantyne received their British Citizen Award Medal of Honour for Services to the Arts, their daughter Désirée Ballantyne-Grove collected on behalf of Suzanne Ballantyne. For more than thirty years, Elliot and Suzanne have helped thousands of independent filmmakers find their voice. This award is recognition that independent filmmaking matters. Elliot […]
Independent horror is having another moment. Not the polished studio kind built by committee and market research. Not horror diluted into “elevated content” for streaming algorithms. We mean the real thing: strange visions, dangerous ideas, midnight audiences, filmmakers breaking rules because they have no choice. And that is exactly why horror belongs at Raindance. For […]
34TH RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: Some Films Can’t Wait Connor Storrie in April X and authorized doc Eddie Cochran: Don’t Forget Me bookend 10 days of crucial cinema 34th Raindance Film Festival: 17 – 26 June at host cinema Vue Piccadilly In an increasingly divisive and polarised world, the power of storytelling has never been more […]
Ahead of the full programme announcement of the 34th Raindance Film Festival, the UK’s leading indie film festival announces this year’s opening and closing galas: OPENING GALA: APRIL X (UK PREMIERE) The 34th Raindance Film Festival opens on 17 June at Vue West End in Leicester Square with the UK Premiere of Michel K. Parandi’s […]
A Raindance Reality Check What Kind of Filmmaker Are You? Our founder claims to have fumbled and bumbled around for yesrs. stopping, starting, and never finishing anything. Does this hit a not4e with you? We were tidying up the office on Friday ahead of the Spring Bank Holiday and found this Raindance Reality Check: Seven […]
How to Get In, Stay Smart, and Actually Get Somewhere Let’s get something straight. Cannes Film Festival is not a festival. It’s a marketplace wrapped in glamour, soaked in heat, and fuelled by anxiety. You don’t “attend” Cannes. You survive it—and if you’re smart, you leverage it. 1. Accreditation: Your First Gatekeeper If you don’t […]
At Raindance, the public face is often the films, the festival, and its famously outspoken founder. But behind the scenes sits someone whose job is to make the entire machine run: David Martinez, Executive Director of Raindance. If the founder is the spark, David is the circuitry. Working alongside a tight team that includes Anna […]
Love comes in many different shapes and forms. This Valentine’s Day, we asked for original and creative one-minute films that explore the theme of unlikely love – unexpected, accidental, forbidden, and everything in between. And the winner is…. DEAD CUTE Massive congratulations to Raj Joshi and his team! Director: @huebook.studio Actor: @_adelaideshouse_ Production Assistant: @elzass […]
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