Short Courses
Take a look at our range of world-renowned
evening and weekend film training courses
BTEC Level 5 HND in Moving Image
Industry-focussed 2-year HND course that
fits around your work/life commitments
MA/MSc in Film
Design your own postgraduate film degree based
on your personal & professional interests
Raindance Film Festival
The biggest indie film festival in the UK, showcasing
shorts, features, web series, music videos and VR
“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
Nobody’s Clapping – How to Survive a Bad Festival Screening
Guest Post by B. O'Malley It was Park City, Utah, in the year 2000. I'd just completed my second feature film, Minimum Wage, about a talent agent who sells his soul to the devil. The film was invited to play the No Dance Film Festival, a small, but decent little...
Impact Filmmaking for Social Change
Perhaps you’re an academic deeply immersed in social justice and political issues. Or a concerned activist striving to make governments take notice and change policy. Or just a person who wants to ‘be part of the change.’ You present your research and ideas at an...
On Being a Disruptive Filmmaker
The film and TV industry is changing as we speak. Traditional institutions, financiers, broadcasters, sales agents and distributors are rethinking their models of developing, resourcing, buying and screening films, but changes can be slower than some creative...