by Max Tindley | 11 September, 2017 | Interviews, Raindance Film Festival
Ahead of the UK premiere of Oh Lucy! at the Raindance Film Festival 2017 Opening Night Gala, we sat down with director Atsuko Hirayanagi to talk about the film. Raindance: Why did you decide to adapt Oh Lucy! from a short film to feature, and what were the greatest...
by Liza Vespi | 20 June, 2017 | Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion, Interviews
My name is Liza Vespi and I’m the Executive Director of Raindance Canada here in Toronto. Elliot Grove is the Toronto-born-and-raised founder of Raindance — the largest independent film festival in Europe. He’s coming to Toronto to present a series...
by Elliot Grove | 13 June, 2017 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion, Interviews
I’m fascinated to learn what Toronto’s lo-budget filmmakers can learn from Elliot Grove. I managed to catch up with him in between his busy travel schedule. My name is Tiska Wiederman and I run the Raindance Postgraduate Film Degree programme out of my...
by Elliot Grove | 20 April, 2017 | Interviews, Screenwriting
Raindance’s 25th Birthday: Elliot Grove’s FAQs | Why I Raindance | Key Raindance Dates | Raindance eco-System I realised this cold wet Easter weekend that I have been Raindancing since 1992. Funny how it seems like an eternity on one hand, and hardly any...
by Patrizia Ciuta | 5 March, 2017 | Interviews
Last week, we sat down for an interview with writer/director Ben Parker whose debut feature The Chamber was recently acquired by Studiocanal after its world premiere at FrightFest London 2016 and screenings at several other international festivals. The Chamber...
by Joe Supple-Turnham | 9 December, 2016 | Filmmaking, Interviews
We sat down with Rene Pannevis, director of Raindance Film Festival 2016 Best UK Short nominee and winner of Best British Short at the British Independent Film Awards, Jacked. Jacked was developed and written in less than a month after Pannevis came across Film...
