“Raindance has done a very useful and very good job in promoting independent British cinema.”
Ken Loach
“I believe Raindance is where the future of filmmaking will come from.”
Joanna Lumley
“Raindance Film festival and BIFA make a unique and very special contribution to the UK. They should be taken very seriously.“
Mike Leigh
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Raindance Film Festival
The biggest indie film festival in the UK, showcasing
shorts, features, web series, music videos and VR.
Short Courses
Take a look at our range of world-renowned
evening and weekend film training courses.
Raindance Film Festival
The biggest indie film festival in the UK, showcasing
shorts, features, web series, music videos and VR.
Raindance
The Home of Independent Film
Raindance is dedicated to fostering and promoting independent film around the world. Founded in 1992, it combines Raindance Film Festival, film training courses, and Raindance Higher Education.
Raindance Film Festival is the largest independent film festival in the UK and it has been recognised by Variety as “one of the world’s top 50 unmissable film festivals”. Raindance showcases the boldest, freshest content from British and international filmmakers. Industry and the public attend cutting-edge panels, talks and workshops. Raindance is a qualifying festival for Oscars®, BAFTA and BIFA.
Our training courses are at the heart of the Raindance structure, aiming to give individuals the tools to start shooting their film, and covering screenwriting, production, directing, and virtual reality. Moreover, Raindance has developed three fully accredited Higher Education Film Programmes, becoming the only major film festival in the world to offer higher education.
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Comedy Screenplay Intensive Masterclass with Steve Kaplan $310.18 – $348.96 -
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Latest news from Raindance
Why You Should Care About Independent Film Festivals
Did you know that Cannes is actually a fairly boring city? All eyes are on it during those ten days in May, after all that's exciting, isn't it? Ken Loach flies in to collect a prize for a surprise-late-career angry social drama. Woody Allen just stands there, still...
Easter Egg Hunt Competition 2019
Find the Easter eggs hidden around the Raindance website In celebration of Easter (and the long weekend, obvs), we've hidden four Easter eggs in images around the Raindance website. They could be on any page on the website, including course pages and blog posts. To be...
Ten Reasons On The Importance Of Film Festivals
Anyone close to the organisation of Raindance will wonder; time and time again, year after year, why the tireless staff at the Film Festival subject themselves to the stress of organising this annual event. The answer is simple. We at Raindance believe strongly in the...