Festival Passholders: Because the laminate around your neck says as much about your personality as your Letterboxd. For 34 years, Raindance has been the beating heart of independent film in Europe, now the continent’s largest, boldest, and most delightfully unruly festival for filmmakers who refuse to ask permission. Since 1993, we’ve welcomed thousands of creators, […]
The creative landscape is evolving faster than ever. As we navigate through 2025, the lines between traditional filmmaking, digital art, and emerging technologies are blurring, creating unprecedented opportunities for career reinvention. If you’ve ever dreamed of telling your stories through film, there’s never been a better time to take that leap. Why Now? The independent […]
I grew up in North America in the 1960s and early 1970s . Toronto, to be precise, was my hometown. In that era we were bombarded with news of student protests, first in America, and then in Canada and Europe. My mother befriended draft dodgers – late teen American men who refused to be part […]
We are deep in pre-production mayhem here at Raindance. Selecting the very best films is just part of the process. We need to get audiences in. And the tool we use is a really good, well-written film review. Reviewing an independent film at the Raindance Film Festival—or any film festival, really—can be a rewarding endeavour. […]
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 wrote this article in 2012 when BIFA and Raindance were a lot younger than they are now. I was going to do a ‘cheat’ and update this – but have decided to let this rant stand as it is. Please enjoy and see if you can add some comments at the bottom. And […]
Welcome to ’60 Seconds to Save the World’, a competition that challenges you to create a 60 second film that encapsulates the idea or tells a story about reducing waste, conserving energy, protecting biodiversity, or any other aspect of sustainability. In celebration of Earth Month (April), it’s more important than ever to take action and […]
Career networking? How I hate the sound of career networking! And do you hate it too? And BTW,that’s why it’s called networking, and not netpartying. I’m a compulsively shy networker, truth be told. I’ve witnessed some pretty interesting careers over my three plus decades helming Raindance. The Raindance Toronto office has talked me into sharing […]
You can struggle, fight and assemble the very best team in the world. You can get the hottest script and turn it into a film festival darling. But you can throw it all away by being a bad filmmaker. And by that I mean, not only to you need to be a great filmmaker to […]
Every time I see a Femme Fatale on the movie screen I can’t take my eyes off her. Remember in Double Indemnity when Fred MacMurray kept walking into the alluring arms of Barbara Stanwick, risking his career and position in the community because Barbara knew just what to say to wrap him around her finger. […]
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