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Raindance Film Festival
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The UK's largest independent film festival. Submissions now open👇
🗓️ 17-26 June 2026
https://linktr.ee/raindancefilmfest
Do you want to work in the film industry?

Then your best bet to success is having a strong plan of attack. In this course, you'll learn the steps needed to establish yourself within a particular area of the industry.

📍Tomorrow, 21 Oct

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Breaking into the Film Industry
Breaking into the Film Industry class at Raindance London - learn how to identify areas of interest and approach people who can hire you.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:55 AM
If we talk about a filmmaker today, they are not just holding cameras and narrating stories. It is not wise to only shoot or edit a film; you also need to think like an entrepreneur.

That’s why diversifying your income is important.

Let’s explore how: raindance.org/how-filmmake...
How Filmmakers Can Build Multiple Streams of Income? 5 Ways
What you need to do is to improve the skills you already have and problem-solving instincts that translate into other profitable areas.
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October 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Mickey Angelov’s debut feature DALI is coming to UK cinemas.

A thoughtful meditation for those who find themselves occupying liminal spaces, the film was nominated for 4 awards at #Raindance2025.

🎟️ Catch DALI in Everyman at Muswell Hill on 15 Oct.

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Dali - UK Premiere Showtimes & Tickets — Everyman Cinema
Browse our latest showtimes and purchase your ticket online for Dali - UK Premiere at Everyman Cinema. Pre order from our amazing food & drink options and have them delivered to your comfy sofa seat!
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October 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
No genre has done more with less than horror🩸

Horror has always thrived in the margins—feeding on limitation, not luxury. You don’t need car chases or crowd scenes to terrify an audience. What you need is tension. And tension, it turns out, is free.

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October 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Interviewing is the most important, and most daunting, part of making a documentary.

In this class, we will teach you how to research and prepare for your interview, earn your interviewee's trust, and get good sound bites.

📍Thurs, 9 Oct 2025

Register now: raindance.org/courses/empa...
Documentary Filmmaking: Empathy or Antagonism? Interview Techniques
Empathy or Antagonism? Seasoned professional documentary filmmaker Tom Webb takes you through interview techniques for documentaries
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October 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Want to know the quickest way into the film industry?

It's a hot script, of course!

We can teach you how to write the type of screenplay sought by film script buyers.

📍Sat & Sun, 4 & 5 Oct, live online

*30% off for Raindance Members

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Write and Sell the Hot Script
Write and Sell the Hot Script means Elliot Grove will lead you through the baffling array of story structure and genre theories. His story strategy works.
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September 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The first film you see hits different. It bypasses logic and lands straight in your nervous system. You’re not analysing it or dissecting the plot. You’re being moved.

The world doesn’t need more perfect films. It needs more people brave enough to try.

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My First Film Experience: Why One Movie Can Change Everything
One movie can change everything - for me it was the cute family movie about a family down on its luck and a collie dog. Lassie Come Home.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The Raindance Foundation courses start tonight!

If you want to learn to make a film, direct, or make a documentary, then you need to understand the fundamentals of the craft.

Our foundation courses will teach you exactly that.

*30% off for members!

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Courses
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September 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
No money? No fuss.

Led by Elliot Grove, the Filmmakers Foundation Certificate is a 5 week course that will equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to make your first low-budget film.

📍Starts Thurs 23 Sept

Secure your spot: raindance.org/courses/film...
Filmmakers' Foundation Certificate
Filmmakers' Foundation Certificate is an evening course for beginners in London. Learn the skills you need to make your first film.
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September 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Robert Redford was more than an actor, more than a director, more than a festival founder. He was a man who believed that stories could change the world.

With his passing, goes one of the most remarkable careers in the history of cinema.

Read more: raindance.org/robert-redfo...
September 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Indie musicians & filmmakers are kindred spirits: they dream big, fail publicly, and occasionally crack through the noise to capture attention.

Today’s breakout artists are showing us how. And if you’re an emerging filmmaker, you’d be wise to take notes.

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What Filmmakers Can Learn from Breakthrough Indie Musicians
how musicians can help filmmakers
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September 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Filmmaking in 99 minutes? Yes, please!

If you want a quick but in-depth overview of the film industry and what kind of jobs are best suited for your skills, you're in luck.

📍Join us at a the old Warner Bros. Studio (W1D 3PU) on Tues, 16 Sept

Book now: raindance.org/courses/99-m...
99 Minute Film School with Elliot Grove
99 Minute Film School runs through core essentials you will need to make a film. Create a strategic plan to launch your filmmaking career
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September 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
What is your favourite film?

"The question is simply impossible for any filmmaker to answer. Our influences come in the thousands."

Read more to find out what HEAVYWEIGHT's Christopher M. Anthony has to say about the films that inspired him.

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September 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A common misconception is that directing is a glamorous job.

In reality, directing is about clarity, preparation, and storytelling. Check out insights and tips to what directing really is, and how to do it well.

Still: Sorry, Baby (2025) dir. Eva Victor

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September 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
What is documentary filmmaking?

It covers a wide variety of subjects, subgenres, styles, format, techniques and unique voices. If you want an introduction on how to create a vision for your film, this is the course for you.

📍Thurs, 25 Sept 2025

*30% off for members

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What is Documentary Filmmaking?
Tom Webb takes you through the fundamentals of What is Documentary Filmmaking, drawing on his extensive knowledge gained creating documentaries
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September 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Did you miss Susan Wokoma’s DARK SKIN BRUISES DIFFERENTLY at #Raindance2025?

You can now watch this incomparable film at #LFF on 14 & 16 Oct.

The film was nominated for Best Live Action Short and Best UK Short at this year’s Raindance.

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September 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
We are so proud to share that SATU - YEAR OF THE RABBIT has been nominated for a @bafta.org Cymru✨

Massive congrats to Joshua and the whole team! This beautiful film was nominated for the Discovery Award at #Raindance2024.

#BAFTACymru #BAFTA
September 2, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Boozin N Schmoozin is back! 🍻🤝

At our most popular networking event, you'll have the chance to meet filmmakers and film lovers alike, and make requests or offer your services to the crowd.

FREE for Members or £5 on the door.

📍Mon, 8 Sept

Book now: raindance.org/courses/booz...
September 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Reposted by Raindance Film Festival
In UK cinemas today, winner of Best UK Feature @raindance.org "a unique and powerful story" with "stellar performances" ROW

A gripping tale of a woman washed ashore in a bloodstained rowing boat as the sole survivor but with no memory of how she got there

#thriler #thrillermovie #survival
August 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Winner of Best UK Feature at #Raindance2025, ROW will be in UK cinemas tomorrow.

A bewildered and exhausted woman is rescued and subsequently interrogated after washing ashore on a bloodstained rowing boat.

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ROW Trailer (2025) Sophie Skelton
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August 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
It’s your turn to go back to school.

This Bank Holiday, use your extra day to get one step closer to your next film. We’ll teach you a skill that will make the biggest difference to your next film.

Use code AUG25 to save on our short courses.

Book now: raindance.org/courses/
August 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
There’s a silent graveyard in independent cinema. It’s not filled with bad films. It’s filled with good filmmakers who never made it past their first feature. Here's how to be the exception.

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August 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The Red Shoes (1948) 🩰❣️

This technicolor masterpiece is more than just a ballet film. It’s a fever dream—a meditation on the collision between life and art. That’s what we look for at Raindance.

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August 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
All horrorhounds are booking up their tickets to #FrightFest later this month.

Horror fan Nina Romain talks to the UK writer and director Marc Price, a FrightFest veteran screening The Arbiter as his third feature there as a world premiere.

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Frightfest’s Home Grown Horror
Horrorfan Nina Romain talks to the UK writer and director Marc Price, a FrightFest veteran screening The Arbiter as his third feature there.
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August 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Are you interested in learning how films are marketed and distributed?

We can teach you how films are sold, how to produce a strong press kit, and how to approach an international sales company.

📍Tues, 12 Aug, 18:30-21:00 BST, in person or online.

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Marketing and Selling Your Film
In this film sales and marketing course we will take you through the essentials of creating a marketing and distribution plan for your film.
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August 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM