by Raindance | 25 March, 2020 | Festivals, Filmmaking Career, News, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Raindance Film Festival
RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES DATES FOR 2020 FESTIVAL AND PARTNERSHIP WITH PREMIER 28 OCTOBER – 7 NOVEMBER 2020 RAINDANCE are delighted to announce that the Raindance Film Festival will return to London and take place from 28th October to 7th November 2020 for its...
by Elliot Grove | 14 March, 2020 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Producing, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution
When I started Raindance I had no idea what I was creating. I also had no idea how to monetise intellectual property. One of the first painful lessons I learned about IP happened in 1995. I’d been running Raindance for a few years and had met a lot of...
by Elliot Grove | 8 March, 2020 | Festivals, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution
It’s creeping up to the autumn film festival schedule. Filmmakers at Venice Film Festival, Toronto’s TIFF and of course Raindance Film Festival are all chasing the movie hustle. Many of the autumn festival deadlines are just weeks away. I thought it a good...
by Elliot Grove | 7 March, 2020 | Filmmaking, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Raindance Film Festival
You’ve finished your short, feature or documentry – congratulations – it’s festival submission time! Submit early! This is when you cross your fingers and toes and hope you get selected. Here at Raindance Film Festival we’ve had a quarter...
by Christian Bell | 1 March, 2020 | Directing, Filmmaking, In Our Opinion, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Screenwriting
So this is it. Later today it all comes to an end. Like many of you I find myself worrying… What if the world ends before anyone becomes aware of my genius? Now I’ve given this a little thought and found that, really, I don’t have anything to worry...
by Elliot Grove | 26 February, 2020 | Directing, Documentary, Festivals, Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion, Producing, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution
I attended this year’s Berlinale and European Film Market for the 20th time. And at the airport waiting for the short hop back to London I realised that this year’s film extravaganza had six easy lessons filmmakers can learn from. That is, if filmmakers and...
