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Europe's top independent film festival
Runs annually in London

Raindance site 33rd Raindance Film Festival

18 - 27 JUN 2025
in London


Opening: HEAVYWEIGHT
Closing: THE ACADEMY

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with short reviews
during the festival

2 0 2 5   F I L M S
2 0 2 5   A W A R D S . . .

International Feature:
NAWI: DEAR FUTURE ME
UK Feature: ROW
Documentary: IMMORTALS
Director: Christopher M Anthony (HEAVYWEIGHT)
Performance:
Edward Hogg (THE LONELY MUSKETEER)
Cinematography:
Bruce Jackson (THE LONELY MUSKETEER)
Discovery: SRISHTI
Debut Director: Alissa Jung (PATERNAL LEAVE)
Debut Performance:
Michelle Lemuya Ikeny (NAWI: DEAR FUTURE ME)
Spirit of Raindance: PALESTINE COMEDY CLUB
Raindance Icon: Joan Plowright, Celie Imrie & Jason Isaacs


500 DAYS IN THE WILD
ABDUCTED FILES
THE ACADEMY
AIMING TO THE TOP: ACCRA UNDERGROUND
BEAM ME UP SULU (Gregory/Schneider, US)
BREAKWATER (Morgan, UK)
A CELL PHONE MOVIE (Sterling, US)
CHILDREN IN THE FIRE
CORINA
DALI
THE DARK FANTASTIC (White, UK)
DEFORMELODY: AN AMERICAN NIGHTMARE
DIRTY BOY (Rao, UK)
DREAM!
DUI SHAW
EMMA: ONE LAST DANCE
THE FIRST
FLAMINGO CAMP (Coats, US)
GOD AS MY WITNESS
GOD TEETH
GRANNY MUST DIE
HEAVYWEIGHT (Anthony, UK)
HOLE
HOOVES
I HOPE THIS HELPS
IF YOU SHOULD LEAVE BEFORE ME (Anderson/Anderson, US)
IMMORTALS


IN SYMBIOSIS
THE INVISIBLE HALF
JAMES
THE LAST GRAIL HUNTER
THE LAST OF THE WHALE SHARK
THE LONELY MUSKETEER (Schumann, UK)
LONER
THE LOST EPISODE
LOVE SONG FROM HIROSHIMA
MRS PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONT
NAWI: DEAR FUTURE ME
NO BEAST. SO FIERCE
ONE-WAY TICKET TO THE OTHER SIDE
OUR HAPPY PLACE (Bickel, US)
OUR JOURNEY WITH LOBULAR BREAST CANCER
PALESTINE COMEDY CLUB
THE PARTY'S OVER
PATERNAL LEAVE
PET PEEVES
POISED
REACHING FOR LIGHT
THE RED LIST
REGINA
THE RENDLESHAM UFO: THE BRITISH ROSWELL
ROW (Losasso, UK)
THE RUN
SABA
SAINT DAMIAN
SATURNALIA
SHAKESPEARE'S THE TEMPEST
SHAMAN
SNATCHERS
THE SOCIAL TRAP: 5 WOMEN VS THE BIG 5
SOCK
SOMEWHERE IN LOVE (Simon, Fr)
SRISHTI
STATE OF RAGE
TAPE
THINESTRA
THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING
TURTLE WALKER
THE TWO OF US
WET MONDAY
WHITE GUILT
ZHAZA

Raindance site 32nd Raindance
Film Festival

19 - 28 JUN 2024
in London






Opening: CUCKOO
Closing: NATIONAL ANTHEM
2 0 2 4   F I L M S
2 0 2 4   A W A R D S . . .

International Feature:
THE STRANGERS' CASE
Documentary: SEARCHING FOR AMANI
Spirit of Raindance: DOG WAR
Discovery: SLEEP
Debut Performance: Paula Grimaldo
(THE QUIET MAID)
Debut Director: Luke Gilford
(NATIONAL ANTHEM)
Innovation in Storytelling:
SOMETHING'S MORE THAN ONE THING
Unproduced Screenplay:
Darryl Wimberely (A SEEPING WOUND)
Rainmaker Award: Thompson Dean


ANIMAL (Gr)
ARNI (Hun)
AVANT-DRAG (Gr)
BODY ODYSSEY (It)
CAT CALL (Hun)
THE CLICK TRAP (Sp)
THE CONTESTANT (UK)
CUCKOO (Ger)
DOG WAR (US)
DON'T HANG UP (It)


DOUBLE EXPOSURE (US)
ENDLESS SUMMER SYNDROME (Cz)
ETERNAL YOU (Ger)
FALLING INTO PLACE (UK)
FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS (Sp)
THE HEIRLOOM (Can)
HUMANE (Can)
I'M STILL HERE (UK)
IT'S BURNING (Ger)
KATHLEEN IS HERE (Ire)
THE MAN WITH A THOUSAND FACES (Fr)
MOGWAI: IF THE STARS HAD A SOUND (UK)
MY KILLER BUDDY (It)
NATIONAL ANTHEM (US)
PEAKY BLINDERS: THE REDEMPTION OF THOMAS SHELBY (UK)
THE QUIET MAID (Sp)
SATU: YEAR OF THE RABBIT (Lao)
SEARCHING FOR AMANI (Ken)
SHARI & LAMB CHOP (US)
SISTERHOOD (Mor)
SLEEP (Kor)
SMILING GEORGIA (Geo)
SOMETHING'S MORE THAN ONE THING (US)
STING LIKE A BEE (It)
THE STRANGERS' CASE (Jor)
WHAT YOU SEE OF ME (Ger)

Raindance site 31st
Raindance
Film Festival

25 OCT - 6 NOV 2023
in London





Opening: DAY OF THE FIGHT
Closing: UN AMOR
2 0 2 3   F I L M S
2 0 2 3   A W A R D S . . .

International Feature: PETT KATA SHAW
UK Feature: RED HERRING
Documentary: WE ARE GUARDIANS
Director: Fisnik Maxville (THE LAND WITHIN)
Screenplay: Erika Calmeyer, Johan Fasting (STORM)
Performance:
Michael Pitt (DAY OF THE FIGHT)
Cinematography:
David Wyte (ALL THE COLOURS OF THE WORLD ARE BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE)
Discovery: Alejandro Rojas, Sebastian Vasquez (UPON ENTRY)


ALL THE COLOURS OF THE WORLD ARE BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE
ALL THE SILENCE
ANOTHER BODY
AURORA'S SUNRISE
BLOOD FOR DUST
THE BOOKS HE DIDN'T BURN
CATCHING DUST
CLASHING DIFFERENCES
DAY OF THE FIGHT (Huston, US)
DUSTY & STONES
EMBERS
HOLLYWOOD ON A SHOESTRING


THE LAND WITHIN
LONG DISTANCE SWIMMER
LOST SOULZ
MAYA
MOUNTAIN ONION
OMAR AND CEDRIC: IF THIS EVER GETS WEIRD
ONLY THE GOOD SURVIVE
OUR KID
PALIMPSEST
PARACHUTE
PETT KATA SHAW
THE PORTRAIT
RED HERRING
RESTORE POINT (Hloz, Cz)
SATAN WANTS YOU
SEX WITH SUE
SILENT ROAR
LA SINGLA
SISTERS
SISTERS INTERRUPTED
STORM
SWEET SIXTEEN
TENDER METALHEADS
TYPIST ARTIST PIRATE KING (Morley, UK)
UN AMOR
UPON ENTRY
WARHOL
WE ARE GUARDIANS
WHITE PLASTIC SKY

Raindance site 30th Raindance
Film Festival

26 OCT - 7 NOV 2022
in London





Opening: CORNER OFFICE
Closing: PINBALL: THE MAN WHO SAVED THE GAME
2 0 2 2   F I L M S
2 0 2 2   A W A R D S . . .

Film of the Festival: TO LESLIE
International Feature: SWALLOW
UK Feature: WINNERS
Documentary: MY NAME IS ANDREA
Spirit of Raindance: SWEDE CAROLINE
Director: Moshe Rosenthal (KARAOKE)
Screenplay: Moshe Rosenthal (KARAOKE)
Performance:
Andrea Riseborough (TO LESLIE)
Cinematography:
Nikita Kuzmenko (PAMFIR)
Discovery: Laszlo Csuja, Anna Nemes (GENTLE)
Raindance Icon: Helen McCrory


A BIT OF LIGHT (Moyer)
ANONYMOUS CLUB (Cohen)
BANGLATOWN (Husain)
BAWA'S GARDEN (Isono)
BLACK GIRL (Sembene)
BROADWAY (Massalas, Gr)
CORNER OFFICE (Back)
DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST (Dash)
DOGWATCH (Rentis)
ERIN'S GUIDE TO KISSING GIRLS (Notten)
FALCON LAKE (Le Bon)
FATHER'S DAY (Ruhorahoza)
UNA FEMMINA (Costabile)
FOUR SAMOSAS (Kapoor)
GENTLE (Csuja/Nemes)


GOLDFISH (Kripalani)
IGUANA LIKE THE SUN (Robles)
KARAOKE (Rosenthal)
LITTLE AXEL (Ronning/Greenberg)
LOW LIFE (James)
MARCEL (Trinca)
MET MES (de Jong)
MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE (Baumane)
MY NAME IS ANDREA (Parmar)
NANNY (Jusu, US)
NIGHT BURNS LIKE CIGARETTES (Felson)
OKAY (Bone)
OUR RIVER ... OUR SKY (Pachachi)
PALOMA (Gomes)
PAMFIR (Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, Ukr)
PANTAFA (Scaringi)
PINBALL: THE MAN WHO SAVED THE GAME (Bragg/Bragg, US)
RAZORLIGHT: FALL TO PIECES (Lowe)
RELATIVE (Smith)
ROVING WOMAN (Chmielewski)
SPANTON VS THE FRENCH POLICE (Ovidie)
SWALLOW (Leesong)
SWEDE CAROLINE (Bruce/Driver, UK)
TO LESLIE (Morris, US)
TRACES OF GLORY (Davis)
WAKE UP, LEONARD (Martin)
WHEN WE SPEAK (Brooker)
WINNERS (Nazer, Irn)

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