10 consecutive Monday evenings starting Monday 21st September 2026
About the programme
The Raindance Fast Track offers the perfect blend of professional mentoring, tutorials, and flexibility to help you bring your film project to life. With one-on-one sessions with some of today’s brightest filmmakers, you’ll have the support you need to write your script, plan your production, and source funding.
You have the idea. Perhaps you already have a screenplay, documentary, short film or web series underway.
But is it moving forward?
Over ten weeks, you will work with experienced filmmakers to develop your script, strengthen your production plan, explore funding opportunities and decide what your project needs next.
Whether you are writing a feature screenplay, producing a short, developing a teleplay, making a documentary or launching a web series, Fast Track will help you stop working in isolation and start moving forward.
Who should take this programme?
Fast Track is for writers, directors and producers at any stage of their careers who have a project they are serious about developing.
You do not need to arrive with a finished screenplay or complete production package. You need a viable idea, the determination to pursue it and the willingness to do the work.
The programme is particularly valuable if you:
- Have a project but are unsure what to do next
- Need professional feedback on your script or concept
- Want deadlines and accountability to maintain momentum
- Need help developing a practical production or funding strategy
- Want access to experienced filmmakers and potential collaborators
- Are ready to move your project to its next stage
How it works
1. Comprehensive Support for all Participants
- Access to our weekly filmmaking and screenwriting group (10 sessions) for facilitated and peer feedback.
- 10 one hour or 20 half hour one-on-one tutorials with a filmmaking professional who will serve as your personal mentor.
- One year Raindance Membership Create, including complimentary access to our Boozin’ N’ Schmoozin’ networking events.
2. Tailor the Programme to Your Goals
There is no single Fast Track route because no two film projects are identical.
During the programme, you could:
- Write or revise a feature film screenplay
- Develop a short film and prepare it for production
- Write a pilot or teleplay
- Create and launch a web series
- Develop a documentary
- Build a funding or production strategy
- Prepare your project to approach collaborators, investors or industry partners
Working with your mentor, you will create a personalised strategy based on where your project is now and where you want it to go.
3. Enjoy 5 Free Raindance Open Classes
Fast Track includes five complimentary Raindance open classes.
Choose from eligible evening and weekend courses in screenwriting, directing and producing to develop the particular skills your project requires.
You might strengthen your screenplay, learn how to work with actors, explore budgeting and finance, or understand how to market and sell your film.
Some exclusions apply. Raindance Masterclasses and Hands-On practical courses are available at the standard 30% members’ discount.
4. Apply Now – Limited Spaces Available
Fast Track is limited to eight participants.
This small group allows us to provide the personal attention, detailed feedback and individual mentoring that make the programme effective.
You will not disappear into the back row of a lecture theatre. You will be expected to participate, make decisions and move your project forward.
If you have a film you cannot stop thinking about, Fast Track could provide the structure, expertise and creative community you need to make it happen.
Stop developing your film alone.
Bring us your project—and let’s get it moving.
To arrange a free personal information session, email courses@raindance.co.uk.
5. Getting Your Film Out There
Raindance helps you navigate the next steps with a finished script or project, including networking events, marketing strategies, and consideration for Raindance Raw Talent. Plus, you’ll have access to:
- Telephone and email support
- Pitching workshops
- Help creating marketing materials, such as one-sheets
About Col Spector
Col Spector is an award-winning filmmaker who started at BBC Arts directing documentaries and dramas. His feature films as writer/director are “Someone Else” (2006), “Honeymooner” (2010), and “I’m Not In Love” (2022). He also runs his own documentary consulting business www.thedocumentaryconsultant.
Louise Mendonca –
A huge thank you to the whole team for having the Fasttrack class on your ever-growing list of hugely helpful courses on the Raindance slate.
It far surpassed my expectations (which were high!) with the combination of brilliant courses to enrol on including the ability to join live remotely via the internet (important for those of us who don’t live in London!), the 12-week screenwriting/project discussion group and the fantastic mentoring scheme, too.
The whole package gave such a comprehensive understanding and training of filmmaking in a side of the industry which isn’t often very transparent in terms of working practices and how to (and how not to) get things done.
A great opportunity, too, to meet like-minded people – some of whom I have worked with since. Well worth the investment – thank you once again!
Bill Friend –
It’s simply the best value for money course I have ever known. I was blown away by the careful attention of the tutors and mentors. The open classes on the weekends are also exceptional. I’m now working on making the short film – the script of which I wrote on this course.
steve taylor –
Perfect for me and my stage of film making. Access to professional and established film makers across all disciplines, a perfectly matched mentor and a demanding course leader who on a weekly basis squeezed the best out the group. I’d thoroughly recommend Fast Track.