Raindance Postgraduate News

Graduate of the 2016 class of Raindance's MA in Filmmaking James C. Williamson has just won the Rapid Lion Award for Best South African Film at the South African International Film Festival for his debut feature film Fried Barry. The film was also recently screened at...

Congratulations to Raindance MA Alumni, Milan-based Sofija Sztepanov, who has just been accepted into Reykjavik International Film Festival's Talent Lab. During her residency, Sofija will be developing her first feature film. Sofija's most recent project is the short...

Following up in his Master's thesis hit film Eiditic -a martial arts action short film made on a $300 that screened at Comic Con and Raindance Film Festival-, Akash Sk has just shot a new film, The Summoning. With his production company based in his native Sri Lanka,...

One of the most used tools in the film industry has now become more inclusive. Raindance MA mentor Vanessa King has joined forces with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media to create an Inclusivity Tool on the screenwriting software Final Draft. The intention...

Raindance MA Alumni, Jersey native Helier Bissell-Thomas has just announced that screen legend Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange) has just been signed to work on his next feature film, a thriller shot and set in Los Angeles. The film will be prodiced by Gravitas...

Do you think that monks, especially Buddhist monks, lead a boring life? That's what Jesco Puluj thought, until he met Julien, a Canadian buddhist monk living in Thailand. He was so surprised, he began a journey of discovery. The first trailer for "The Odd Monk" has...