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Here’s How This Year’s Cannes Winners Started Working in Indie Cinema

Here’s How This Year’s Cannes Winners Started Working in Indie Cinema

by Philippe-Alexandre Auxis | 5 June, 2019 | Acting, Directing, Festivals, Filmmaking Career, News

The 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival ended last month, awarding a lot of brilliant actors and filmmakers. Many of them began their career by making or acting in indie films. Some of them still enjoy short films and make them a part of their current work. Among these...
Top Five Pieces of Equipment Every Independent Filmmaker Needs

Top Five Pieces of Equipment Every Independent Filmmaker Needs

by Milo Garner | 13 February, 2019 | In Our Opinion

The practical side of filmmaking can be a daunting one but it is well worth reading into so that you know what kind of equipment you would like (and can afford) to use! We at Raindance have a basic guide on the essentials and a few examples to get you started. Keep in...
12 Gifts for a Screenwriter (on Any Budget)

12 Gifts for a Screenwriter (on Any Budget)

by Sylvie Dumont | 17 December, 2018 | Filmmaking, Screenwriting

It’s the last few days before Christmas. The shopping centre zombies are increasing in numbers and in desperation, and you are among them. You drag your feet from store to store, eyes red and weary. What do filmmakers even like? Tripods? Even worse – what...
How to Get Your Short Into Raindance (Or Any Other Festival)

How to Get Your Short Into Raindance (Or Any Other Festival)

by Li-Wei Chu | 14 June, 2018 | Festivals, Filmmaking Career, In Our Opinion, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution

One of the many things that we here at Raindance have to do (besides answering your phone calls) is to review submissions that people from around the world enter into the film festival. All of the submitted films are amazing, but only a few can make it into the actual...
Donald Trump’s 6 Brave Lessons For Independent Filmmakers

Donald Trump’s 6 Brave Lessons For Independent Filmmakers

by Elliot Grove | 29 January, 2016 | Filmmaking, In Our Opinion, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution

Donald Trump is not my favourite person: His physique, his manner, his views and opinions are the anathema to everything I stand for. But Donald Trump has become an icon – a phenomenon that is sweeping America. In the process, he’s changed the political...
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