“The Hollow Vale isn’t haunted — it’s remembering. Every fog, every ember, every whisper: a story that refused to stay buried.” Some stories are told. Others are exhumed. The Hollow Vale is the latter — a black and white horror anthology that doesn’t just aim to scare, but to remember. It began as a whisper. […]
Raindance Film Festival, renowned as the UK’s largest independent film festival, celebrates the spirit of maverick filmmaking. Known for supporting films made on tight budgets, Raindance honours these daring creatives with the Raindance Maverick Award at the annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), founded by Raindance in 1998. This award is reserved for maverick fiction […]
Raindance Film Festival, renowned as the UK’s largest independent film festival, celebrates the spirit of maverick filmmaking. Known for supporting films made on tight budgets, Raindance honours these daring creatives with the Raindance Maverick Award at the annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), founded by Raindance in 1998. This award is reserved for maverick fiction […]
In this reflective essay, author and screenwriter Sylvienne Ethara revisits the childhood film that shaped her creative path, exploring how belief, imagination, and storytelling can save what life breaks. When I was seven years old, I saw The NeverEnding Story for the first time. I didn’t fully understand what it meant, but I felt it. The moment […]
I have always been equally into both film and theatre, which is also possibly why some reviewers have considered my first feature film “Row” akin to a piece of theatre on film (with the benefits of cool visuals and sound design that you can achieve on screen). Given theatre doesn’t have the luxury of these […]
The films that shape us are often discovered by chance. For me, two in particular set my compass as a filmmaker: John Woo’s Hard Boiled and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia. On the surface they couldn’t be more different, where one is a balletic Hong Kong action film drenched in bullets and smoke, while the other […]
Over twenty-five years in film, I’ve been asked one question more than any: “What’s your favourite film?” My stock answer has always been: “In the interest of our relationship, you must never ask me that again.” The question is simply impossible for any filmmaker to answer. Our influences come in the thousands. Every film we have seen, every story […]
TCCFF2024 press conference: TCCFF founder Tery Wong Imamura centres a panel explaining the festival’s goals to media as they watch a video greeting from City of Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow. In October, Toronto will play host to the second annual Toronto Chinese Canadian Film Festival, the delightful festival that pulled way above its weight in […]
“The cinema was a baby-sitter for my parents when I was a child, sometimes I would be there for ten or twelve hours. I loved it! Creating fiction is my first love—I’m happy to let others take the reins on bringing them to the screen, but also, I enjoy adventuring behind the camera.” — Susanda […]
“Use what you have, not what you want.” These words became the mantra that transformed Axel Ranisch’s £500 film budget into a festival sensation. Today’s #MaverickMonday spotlight celebrates how innovative thinking and Raindance’s guidance helped create one of independent cinema’s most inspiring success stories of the decade. The Genesis of a Maverick Before Axel Ranisch […]
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