Filming abroad adds excitement, but managing money across borders can complicate things. Exchange rates fluctuate. Local vendors need prompt payment in their currencies. Without a clear system, costs balloon fast. International shoots need careful planning for financial logistics. From anticipating currency risks to efficiently handling cross-border transfers, filmmakers must plan ahead to protect budgets and […]
Monsters, machina, and mummys – horror tropes with a bit of a relevant twist. As spooky season creept up on us, we hosted a ScreamDance “Rise of the Machine” Horror short film competition. We asked for original and creative one-minute films that make you wanna scream – thrillers, horrors, and everything in between. The Winner […]
For months, I worked near full-time on one idea: a short film titled A Place to Play. The film follows an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child (UASC) who flees local care and finds refuge in an industrial warehouse overseen by a Scrooge-like security guard. The boy, ferociously creative, uses the warehouse as a workshop for his art […]
A film or TV show is the best way to create an impact on people than anything else. A single moment of anguish, confusion, or hope tied to mental health can heal, validate, and inspire dialogue. Over the past decade, more filmmakers have portrayed characters facing depression, anxiety, trauma, and other mental health challenges, not […]
Well, a good direction is one that senses subconsciously that what we see is more than fantasy. It’s tethered, in some way, to the real pulse of science. If you are a filmmaker, you know how important it is to create futuristic worlds. Don’t just dream; they dig deep into scientific research, collaborate with experts, […]
When you strip filmmaking down to its bare essentials — light, sound, and human imagination — one genre keeps coming back from the dead: horror. No other genre rewards limitation like horror does. You don’t need car chases or VFX. What you need is tension, sound, and the courage to leave some things unseen. 1. Fear […]
Monsters, machina and mummys – horror tropes with a bit of a relevant twist. As spooky season creeps up on us, we’re hosting a ScreamDance “Rise of the Machine” Horror short film competition. We’re looking for original and creative one-minute films that make you wanna scream – thrillers, horrors, and everything in between. We want […]
Raindance Founder Elliot Grove asked me the other day what I thought of Blood Simple. He remembered it as one the films that inspired him to start Raindance and champion independent voices in film. He mentioned that, despite not being a horror film, it was saturated with horror. And asked whether, having recently programmed sixteen […]
When I put on my “Raindance goggles,” the world looks a little different. Every advert I see becomes a filmmaking lesson. And lately, the lesson isn’t a pretty one: advertising has fallen headfirst into what I call the pornification trap. We’ve all seen it. Everything gets labelled “porn” these days—food porn, travel porn, gear porn. […]
Choosing between getting a degree through the film school or embarking on your first feature film production can be, at least in the beginning, like trying to decide which fork in the road to take: the one that leads to the sky, or the one that leads to your career. Both options have their own […]
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