Raindance Film Festival
















Raindance Film School and Festival
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Location(s)
London, New York City, Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, Berlin, Brussels and Budapest
Website http://www.raindance.org

Raindance is an independent film festival and film school that operates throughout major cities including: London, Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Budapest, Berlin and Brussels.[1] The festival itself was established in 1992 by Elliot Grove to be the voice of British filmmaking.[citation needed] Listed by Variety as one of the world’s top 50 ‘unmissable film festivals’.[2] Raindance showcases features and shorts by filmmakers from around the world to an audience of film executives and buyers, journalists, film fans and filmmakers.[3] In 2009 the Raindance Film Festival had approximately 6069 attendees, followed by 4694 in 2010.[citation needed] Their website claims 13,500 attendees in 2012 and 80,000 online followers.[4]



Timeline of Raindance




  • 1992 - Raindance is born. Film training courses are offered.


  • 1993 - Raindance Film Festival is launched, World premiere of What's Eating Gilbert Grape


  • 1994 - Pulp Fiction makes its UK debut at Raindance


  • 1998 - Raindance Creates the British Independent Film Awards which celebrates the achievements of independent British filmmaking.


  • 2000 - Christopher Nolan's Memento has its UK premiere at Raindance


  • 2003 - Raindance launches the world's first 15 Second Shorts Competition with Nokia


  • 2004 - The Independent Film Trust is launched by Raindance. A charity that supports independent filmmaking and provides bursaries and training for the disadvantaged, from children in inner-city schools to refugees and the mentally ill.


  • 2008 - Raindance Screens Once, which goes on to win the Academy Award for Best Song


  • 2009 - Down Terrace, Ben Wheatley's first film, debuts at Raindance.[5]




  • 2012 - Short films which play at Raindance become eligible for Oscar nominations


  • 2013 - Raindance launches Raw Talent and produces its film Love.Honour.Obey [6]


  • 2015 - Raindance launched 360/VR Storytelling training [7]




  • 2016 - Raindance launches Auteur Award and presents the inaugural prize to Ken Loach. [8]


  • 2016 - Raindance launched the VRX Awards and Showcase.[9]




  • 2017 - Raindance hands 2nd Annual Auteur Award to Guy Ritchie, describing him as a "prominent figure" who breathed "new life into the British film industry" with his "cult crime comedies." [10]


  • 2017 - Raindance celebrated its 25th Anniversary in style.[11]



  • 2018 - Raindance hands 3rd Annual Auteur Award to Terry Gilliam, saying that for four decades, he's been "magicking amazing visual stories from practically nowhere." [12]


References




  1. ^ Britishcouncil.org Archived 2010-02-27 at the Wayback Machine.


  2. ^ "London Official Visitor Guide". Archived from the original on 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2013-05-30..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ "Screen South".


  4. ^ "Raindance Sponsorships".


  5. ^ Cooper, Sarah (October 12, 2009). "Ben Wheatley's Down Terrace wins best feature at 17th Raindance". Retrieved May 21, 2018.


  6. ^ Balavage, Catherine. "Raindance Raw Talent ties with Mulholland Pictures in new feature film". Frost Magazine. Retrieved May 21, 2018.


  7. ^ "Hands-On Virtual Reality Workshop". Raindance Film Festival. Retrieved May 21, 2018.


  8. ^ "Raindance to honour Ken Loach with new award". What's Worth Seeing. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.


  9. ^ "VIRTUAL REALITY". Raindance Film Festival. Retrieved May 21, 2018.


  10. ^ "Guy Ritchie to be honoured by 2017 Raindance Film Festival". What's Worth Seeing. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.


  11. ^ "25th Raindance Highlights". Raindance Film Festival. Retrieved May 21, 2018.


  12. ^ "Raindance to Honour Terry Gilliam with Auteur Award". What's Worth Seeing. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.



External links



  • Official website


  • Raindance Film Festival on Twitter




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