“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.
Latest news from Raindance
National Pink Day: Celebrating Colour in Cinema
Many productions that are filmed in colour usually have a certain colour scheme that sets the tone for the film. This is called the Film Color Theory, which states that certain colours in a film can draw out certain emotions from its audience. Manipulating these...
Get Your Film Delivery Requirements Right
You've finished your film, and submitted it to a ranking film festival got accepted and now you have a Film Sales Agent. Your job is far from over. Now you need to satisfy your agent that you are able to deliver the deliverables.The sooner in the production process...
Getting Over Writer’s Block
Don't stay stuck! If you get stuck in the middle of writing your screenplay, don’t give up and don’t be tempted by the lure of starting a different story. That one will also have a difficult middle. Instead, use the first two methods below to get into a constructive...