Raindance Toronto, Author at Raindance

About Raindance Toronto

This is the Toronto hub of the Raindance Film festival - Europe's oldest and largest independent film festival. We have one aim, and one aim only: To help GTA area filmmakers make movies. Call us if you have any questions. Or email toronto@raindance.org. Lets make movies.

Personal Branding: Selling Yourself Without Selling Yourself Short

by Raindance Toronto | 7 March, 2017 | Filmmaking, In Our Opinion, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution

As a social media intern and a filmmaker, I’m aware of how crucial it is to market a film. Through my time at Raindance, however, I’ve been introduced to a new concept that’s just as vital– personal branding. Personal branding is much more than a great headshot and...

Postgraduate Film Degree Info Session

by Raindance Toronto | 8 October, 2016 | Uncategorized

Can a postgraduate film degree help you? Next free online MA info session: Sunday Oct. 16th 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm. Register Here Join Elliot Grove in person in Toronto Monday Nov. 14th 7:00 – 8:00 pm to learn more about this degree. Register your attendance...

Tips And Tricks To Surviving TIFF

by Raindance Toronto | 21 August, 2016 | In Our Opinion, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution

Are you ready for the biggest film festival in North America and the second largest in the world after Cannes? Long days of films and conferences flow into even longer nights of parties and premieres- We must prepare ourselves! After a few seasons of battling it out...

Red Carpet Etiquette: Walk and Talk Like Movie Stars

by Raindance Toronto | 1 August, 2016 | Uncategorized

Have you ever wondered how stars manage to look so good walking the red carpet? Did you realise that they are coached in red carpet etiquette by their PR people? For the first time at TIFF you can learn first hand the secrets of walking the walk and talking the talk....

8 Casting Tips For First Timers

by Raindance Toronto | 27 October, 2015 | Filmmaking, Interviews

I asked a director once how the hell I go about becoming a director. He told me what I have henceforth been told a million times, ‘just fucking do it’. There was another comment he gave me that most look over: if you’ve casted properly, most of your...

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