by Elliot Grove | 4 July, 2017 | Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion
It’s soon time for painful lessons here at Raindance. Let me explain. On the Labor day weekend in America (Labour Day if you are Canadian like me), we finalise the schedule for the Raindance Film Festival which means that a lot of filmmakers get let down because...
by Raindance | 2 July, 2017 | Directing, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Producing, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution
Some heroes wear capes, others wield pens, pencils and floor mops. Right now we’re celebrating all of our students and members who have become heroes in their households by looking after and maintaining their filmmaking dreams. Every hero needs a sidekick and...
by Lucy Beresford | 28 June, 2017 | Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion, Screenwriting
Aged nine I earned my Brownie Guide Book Lovers badge. Years later I earned a degree in English Literature but, in my twenties, I got side-tracked into the world of finance. It took me bunji-jumping off Victoria Falls Bridge to realise I wanted to get back to stories....
by Loren Probish | 27 June, 2017 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion
Movie scores have always been something I am interested in. Music touches our souls and our hearts, and Stanley Kubrick is a great example of this. It has been rumored that he made his film crew listen to Mozart before starting each day. Undoubtedly, music is such a...
by Elliot Grove | 27 June, 2017 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion
One night when I was about 7 years old, I caught my mum sliding a quarter under my pillow. I had just lost a tooth and having caught my mum red-handed, I had to deal with having the Tooth Fairy myths busted. Later, when my daughters were born I always tried to create...
by Natalia Bolek | 26 June, 2017 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion
Living in London, England makes Canada seem a long way away. There is precious little news of Canada here, unless it’s about Justin Trudeau. How I wish we had a leader like Trudeau in my native Poland. There is, however, a lot of news about Candaian filmmakers....
