A few months ago we gave some advice on how to make film festivals despise you. Assuming you have done the opposite of what we told you, there should now be some distributors interested in your film. Here are 10 ways to Make Film Distributors Totally Hate Your Guts. 1) Make it nearly impossible for […]
I have had the good fortune to meet and work with a great number of wonderfully talented and exciting filmmakers since Raindance started in 1992. Each year at film festival submission time, I have had the benefit of seeing hundreds of shorts, features and documentaries pouring into the Raindance Film Festival office from just about […]
We meet many first time film directors here at Raindance Film Festival HQ. Directing your first movie is always a fantastically challenging experience. The process of getting your first movie onto the big screen can end in tears if you fall foul of the producer or the budget and schedule. A budget is a simple […]
One of the greatest challenges for an independent filmmaker is getting people to actually watch your film. Big-budget Hollywood films spend millions and millions of dollars on marketing. In 2021, the average marketing budget for a major Hollywood film was almost $40 million, more money than most independent filmmakers can possibly hope to get for […]
I got up this morning and as per usual had a sneaky look at my email while I was waiting for the coffee to brew. The subject line just jumped at me:”call for applications: collaborative program 2021” Looking at it now, it doesn’t seem that special, but notice how it is entirely lower case. Reaading […]
When I started the Raindance Film Festival in 1992, just about everyone I knew thought I was mad. I also had a curious hot-and-cold response form the British film industry – some loved the idea, most hated it. But I thought that making a plan works. The history is simple: I had started off working […]
Ahead of his Steel Country Masterclass on 18th April and of the upcoming release of Steel Country, we sat down with Academy Awards and BAFTA-winning producer Gareth Ellis-Unwin (The King’s Speech). What intrigued you most reading the script of Steel Country? Did the original script undergo any significant changes throughout the production process? When Simon Fellows (the […]
At last! A Filmmaker’s Legal Guide. A No filmmaker can do it all. Cinema is, after all, a collaborative art form in its very essence. But there is one area of filmmaking which any filmmaker (even producers) tend to find daunting, and that is the law. Navigating the clauses and sub-clauses of any contract or […]
Getting a foot in the door of Hollywood isn’t for the faint of heart. It takes years of gruntwork, a slew of side hustles, and an unsettling amount of unpaid internships. You also need talent. Instead of waiting around for someone to notice you, it’s becoming more and more common to produce to your first […]
If you’ve ever been on a film set, you know that there’s no single way things are going to go. Unexpected situations pop up left and right – a light breaks; it starts to rain; an actor refuses to interact with the hired monkey you hired for exactly one hour on that particular Wednesday. Improvisation […]
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