SPORK, the brainchild of multidisciplinary artist Elea Johansen, is a thought-provoking and at times, challenging piece of filmmaking that offers an intimate glimpse into the mind of an artist unafraid to lay everything on the line. Both deeply personal and creatively uncompromising, the film invites us to explore a world shaped by vulnerability, abstraction and […]
Every low-budget shoot has one. The take where the performance is perfect and the boom dips into the top of frame for two seconds. A runner who wanders across the back of the wide. A brand on someone’s T-shirt that you can’t get permission for. Going back isn’t an option, so the shot either stays […]
Call sheets are almost locked. You still need a previs board the DP can mark up, and a temp cut so the editor can feel the rhythm before day one. Someone suggests “just generate it.” Five model subscriptions later, you have tabs open, a credit card balance you cannot explain, and no continuous take that […]
A subtitle file can pass every technical check and still lose the viewer. Timecodes, encoding, naming and format all matter, and Raindance’s recent post “The Subtitle File Checks to Run Before a Festival Submission” covers that list well. Then a line of dialogue leaves the screen before anyone has finished reading it, and a programmer […]
Presenting the BIFA 2026 Raindance Maverick Award Nominees. ACT 3 dir. Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor CHATLINES dir. Lloyd Eyre-Morgan, Neil Ely MASC dir. Bertil Nilsson THE PERIL AT PINCER POINT dir. Jake Kuhn, Noah Stratton-Twine SOMETHING FAMILIAR dir. Rachel Taparjan Also amongst the nominees are Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak for BIRDS OF WAR, […]
A character can command an entire novel and still fail on screen. The problem isn’t necessarily the character. It’s how the writer brings that character to life. Novelists have extraordinary freedom. We can enter a character’s mind, examine their memories, explain their motivations, and devote entire chapters to the decisions that shaped them. Actors have […]
A blockchain is a shared digital ledger. It stores records across a network of computers. In film, blockchain companies build systems to track film rights, manage contracts, and record payments. Filmmakers can struggle to raise funds and track film earnings. They may also struggle to stop others from copying or stealing their work. Reaching audiences […]
Everybody loves a good twist. This time our horror competition theme was “An Unexpected Twist”. We wanted to see your original and creative one-minute films that spook and scare. The Winner JUNIO’S FIRST KISS View this post on Instagram Congratulations to the team! And huge thanks to everyone who participated, we loved seeing all your […]
Tomorrow’s Halloween, and we will celebrate the winners of our Raindance One-Minute Horror Short competition. They understand something every filmmaker should learn: you don’t need long to frighten someone. You need an idea that gets under their skin. For anyone ready to turn sixty seconds of terror into something longer, here are seven starting points. […]
A lot of filmmakers pay for their own projects with someone else’s footage: a brand video, a wedding, a YouTube channel that needs a weekly edit. Client work keeps you cutting every day and gets paid. It also has a way of eating the time and energy that were meant for your film. I started […]
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