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Raindance Film Festival

Independent film festival

Summary

Independent film festival

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nameRaindance Film School and Festival
logoRaindance_logo_square.png
locationLondon, New York City, Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, Berlin, Brussels and Budapest
websitehttps://www.raindance.org

Raindance is an independent film festival and film school that operates in major cities including London, Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Budapest, Berlin, and Brussels. The festival was established in 1992 by Elliot Grove, and showcases features and shorts by filmmakers from around the world to an audience of film executives and buyers, journalists, fans and filmmakers.

In 2013, the festival was listed by Variety as one of the world's top 50 "unmissable film festivals".

Timeline

  • 1992 – Raindance is founded. Film training courses are offered.

  • 1993 – The 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 celebrate 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.{{cite news |access-date= May 21, 2018

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

  • 2013 – Raindance launches Raw Talent and produces its film Love.Honour.Obey.{{cite news |access-date= May 21, 2018

  • 2015 – Raindance launches 360/VR Storytelling training.{{cite web |access-date= May 21, 2018

  • 2016 – Raindance launches the Auteur Award and presents the inaugural prize to Ken Loach.

  • 2016 – Raindance launches the VRX Awards and Showcase.{{cite web |access-date= May 21, 2018 |archive-date= 5 June 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180605114118/http://calendar.raindancefestival.org/programmes/vr-arcade |url-status= dead

  • 2017 – Raindance hands the 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."

  • 2017 – Raindance celebrated its 25th anniversary.{{cite web |access-date= May 21, 2018

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

  • 2025 – Raindance honours Jason Isaacs and Celia Imrie with the Raindance Icon Award.

References

References

  1. [http://www.britishcouncil.org/canada-arts-and-culture-film-and-television-film-tv-and-video-festivals.htm Britishcouncil.org] {{webarchive. link. (2010-02-27)
  2. "Screen South".
  3. "London Official Visitor Guide".
  4. (8 September 2016). "Raindance to honour Ken Loach with new award". What's Worth Seeing.
  5. (10 August 2017). "Guy Ritchie to be honoured by 2017 Raindance Film Festival". What's Worth Seeing.
  6. Dalton, Ben. (2018-10-05). "'Princesita' wins four awards at Raindance Film Festival".
  7. (13 August 2018). "Raindance to Honour Terry Gilliam with Auteur Award". What's Worth Seeing.
  8. Ford, Lily. (2025-06-12). "Jason Isaacs and Celia Imrie to Receive Raindance Film Festival Icon Award".
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