About Raindance

Raindance aims to promote and support 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 Autumn 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.
by Raindance | 25 January, 2021 | Raindance Success Stories
Tomasz Śliwiński (director of short film “Ondine” screened at Raindance Film Festival 2020) We have all experienced this recently – the global COVID-19 pandemic. This experience is especially traumatic when you are a creative person with tons of projects and suddenly...
by Raindance | 25 January, 2021 | Directing, Filmmaking Career, Interviews, Producing
We spoke to Michael Shlain, the Director/Producer, about his new short film In a Foreign Town. Q1. Raindance: For our readers that are new to the works of Thomas Ligotti, could you tell us a little bit about him? Michael Shlain: Thomas Ligotti is one of the truly...
by Raindance | 22 January, 2021 | Raindance Success Stories
Aim high, and aim wide. One day in July 2020 I got an email that I hoped for, but certainly did not expect: Official Selection of Raindance Film Festival 2020 – Sad Beauty. I immediately opened a bottle of champagne! Luckily that was not my only bottle, because a few...
by Raindance | 14 January, 2021 | Contest, Directing, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Post-Production, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Raindance Film Festival, Screenwriting
Welcome to the #lockdownlover, a brand new Valentine’s Day Short Film Competition. So you’re stuck in lockdown over Valentine’s day. Dinner over zoom, amazon delivered flowers, maybe a deliveroo date. How about making a film about it? What is it like for lovers in...
by Raindance | 23 November, 2020 | Festivals, News, Raindance Film Festival
LONGLIST OF FILMS REVEALED FOR BIFA’S RAINDANCE DISCOVERY AWARD 2020 Britain’s biggest independent film festival, Raindance is considered a place to discover the work of passionate and pioneering new filmmakers: those whose determination to tell compelling stories...