Love comes in many different shapes and forms.
This Valentine’s Day, we asked for original and creative one-minute films that explore the theme of unlikely love – unexpected, accidental, forbidden, and everything in between.
And the winner is….
DEAD CUTE
Massive congratulations to Raj Joshi and his team!
Director: @huebook.studio
Actor: @_adelaideshouse_
Production Assistant: @elzass
We received an overwhelming number of submissions for our Unlikely Love Valentine’s competition, so thank you to everyone who participated. We loved seeing all your creative work.
Honourable Mentions:
LOVE, LITERALLY!
Director/Writer/Producer: SR Balajee
NEW GIRLFRIEND
Director/Writer: Arthur Goldbart
If you’d like more chances for your film to be seen submit your film/script to 34th Raindance Film Festival. Late Deadline is Monday, 2 March 2026.
Raindance promotes and supports independent filmmaking and filmmakers.
From new and emerging to industry pros, Raindance connects, trains, supports, and promotes visual storytellers through every step of their career.
The Raindance Film Festival runs each Summer in London’s Leicester Square.
Raindance has been delivering film training since 1992. A wide range of Open Classes to a 2 year HND Level 5 BTEC in Moving Images to a Postgraduate Film Degree are delivered to students on five continents, both in person and online.
