You don’t come to Raindance Film Festival 2026 to politely consume culture. You come to feel the future before everyone else does. For ten days in London, filmmakers, actors, writers, rebels, producers, obsessives, dreamers, outsiders, financiers, students, exhausted creators and accidental geniuses collide in cinemas, bars, corridors and late-night conversations that can genuinely change lives. […]
Independent Filmlovers, Please Note: The 2026 Raindance Film Festival Starts June 17 There are film festivals that exist to validate the industry. And there are film festivals that exist to discover the future. Raindance Film Festival has always belonged to the second category. From June 17–26, central London becomes a collision point for filmmakers, writers, […]
Another Raindance. Another back-to-back horror feature marathon. And as horror subgenres continue to multiply, merge, or mutate, we have 17 brilliant horror films categorised for your terrifying viewing pleasure. From the evening of Thursday 18 June through to Sunday 21 June, horror fans can immerse themselves in over three days of premieres, cast and crew […]
It started, as many independent films do, with a room full of ideas and no guarantees. The BFI-supported pitching session wasn’t just about finding a strong concept — it was about finding people. People willing to bet on themselves. Among dozens of hopefuls, what emerged wasn’t just a project, but a team: directors, writers, editors […]
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 […]
Nobody is coming. Stop pretending you can be discovered. There is no exhausted studio executive wandering the streets of London praying to find your unread screenplay in a coffee shop. Nor a bleary-eyed film buyer from a distribution company wondering what gem is sitting on your hard drive. The film industry is full of talented […]
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 […]
For 34 years, Raindance Film Festival has existed slightly outside the official map of the film industry. That was never an accident. Independent cinema has always belonged to outsiders. The people without permission. The filmmakers building work in bedrooms, borrowed flats, abandoned warehouses, cheap edit suites, and impossible emotional conditions. The people making films because […]
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 […]
, Every year at the Raindance Film Festival we receive an avalanche of submissions. Features. Shorts. Documentaries. Experiments. Passion projects. First films made on borrowed cameras. Carefully engineered festival contenders. As co-head of programming, I’m here to answer questions about programming at Raindance.. This year alone, 11,000 shorts and features arrived in our inbox. Yet […]
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