Raindance Postgraduate News
“The Odd Monk” Trailer
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...
“Kaufman’s Game” Released Worldwide
The ambitious debut feature Kaufman's Game was Helier Bissell-Thomas' first feature, and his masters project in the Raindance Postgraduate Degree. The film landed a worldwide distribution deal with Gravitas Ventures last year. While Helier is now busy preparing his...
Student Collaboration “Broken Swords” now available to view online
Students in the Raindance Postgraduate Degree join an incredible network of like-minded, eager independent filmmakers. Students often collaborate on projects. Broken Swords is one such collaboration, which was produced by Daniel Isebor and written and directed by Paul...
‘Crossroads: One Two Jaga’ to Open Far East Film Festival
Celebrating its 20th edition, the Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Udine, Italy is set to open with the world premiere of Nam Ron’s Malaysian crime drama Crossroads: One Two Jaga on April 20. The film was executive produced by Raindance Postgraduate student Rahmat...
How I Became A Filmmaker With the Raindance MA
I’m probably not what most people think a new filmmaker looks like. I’m in my forties, I’m female, I’m working class and I’m originally from a part of the country where no one really makes films (you go into tourism or agriculture). If you had to guess what I do for a...
Two Raindance MA Alumni Win Best Short Film in Toronto
Two alumni of the Raindance Postgraduate Degree made a short film in 2017 starring Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis. The film is now going to festivals and won the Best Drama award at the Toronto Shorts International Film Festival on 3rd March. Chuck Scott, a graduate of...
Interview With Actress & Producer, Louise Salter
If you’re a sci-fi fan, or you’ve been to a few short film festivals this year, chances are you may have already heard of How to be Human, a dystopian, sci-fi short set in a post-apocalyptic Britain. After screening at film festivals across the UK and internationally,...
Billie Holiday Documentary Produced for Altitude
A documentary about legendary singer Billie Holiday has been announced by Altitude Films. Raindance Postgraduate student Barry Clark Ewers will serve as producer on the project. The feature doc will blend archive, drama, animation and still images. Altitude Film...
Student Asimina Proedrou Receives Funding for her Debut Feature
Asimina Proedrou, a Greek filmmaker and current student in the Raindance Postgraduate Degree in Film, has just been awarded funding from the Greek Film Centre. She will receive €150,000 to make her debut feature film, Behind the Haystacks. Asimina has been supported...
One Year and Many Movies Later
"My name is Raymond Morris, and I want to be a filmmaker." This is how I introduced myself in May of 2016 in an email to the Raindance Film Festival about their postgraduate degree program. This was also the first time I felt like I was embracing a "secret" side of...
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