“Raindance has done a very useful and very good job in promoting independent British cinema.”
Ken Loach
“Raindance continues to inspire and encourage. A natural force in independent filmmaking and long may it ‘rain'”
Alan Rickman
“Raindance does an indispensable job supporting independent film and provides a distinctive voice in world cinema”
Paul Greengrass
6 Producing Skills That Saved Directors
Producing is the toughest job in the film industry, alongside directing and producing and all the others. No, filmmaking is not easy. Directors tend to get all the credit for the artistic integrity of the project. Actors will get all the attention. And producers?...
Why Sound Matters in Movies
I grew up watching cowboy movies on TV, and my enduring memories from those films are the sounds of creaking saddle leather, horses hooves on rocks and bullets ricocheting. Without those sounds the movies would not have been nearly as credible. Fast forward to the...
‘This is what democracy looks like’
With the shock results of our recent general election in the UK the role of politics at a local level to get people motivated and involved is in focus. We travelled to Sheffield DocFest, a champion of the independent filmmaker, last month to find this mood exhibited...