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34th Raindance Film Festival 17 - 26 JUN 2026 in London Opening: APRIL X Closing: EDDIE COCHRAN: DON'T FORGET ME	2 0 2 6 F I L M S
	2 0 2 6 A W A R D S . . . Icon Award: Miriam Margolyes, Lloyd Kaufman, Eddie Cochran 1001 FRAMES (Alia, Irn) AMERICAN MUSCLE (Veach, US) ANGEL OF THE NORTH (Cronin/Biggs, UK) ARTHUR'S EMPIRE (Smith, UK) APRIL X (Parandi, US) THE BEAR INSIDE A WHALE (Harvey, Can) BLOODLUST (Evans/Michalik, Aus) BORN TO LOSE (Zentil, US) BROKEN BEAK (Carroll, NZ) CHALO INDIA WITH ERIC JI (Choudhury, Ind) CHILD (Neshvad, Lux) CHILD OF DUST (Mliczewska, Pol) COPELAND (Aragues, Sp) CORPORATE RETREAT (Fisher, US) COWBOY (Grubbs, US) DANZE MACABRE: THE LE OMBRE ROSSE STORY (Grant, Can) DEAD DOGS DON'T BITE (Ozdogan, Tur) THE DEVIL WHISPERED MY NAME (Cotella/Mathis, Arg) EDDIE COCHRAN: DON’T FORGET ME (Bell, UK) A FREE DAUGHTER OF FREE KYRGYZSTAN (Iacobucci, Swi) FRANK (Pill, Est) FRIDAY THE 69th (Montilla, US) GASLIT (Camosy, US) GHOST IN THE MACHINE (Veatch, US) HANNAH'S STORY (Cohen, UK) HIGHER CALLING (Forman, US) THE HOME (DeMonaco, US) IDA WHO SANG SO BADLY EVEN THE DEAD ROSE UP AND JOINED HER IN SONG (Ivakic, Svn) IN THE PATH OF GIANTS (Khan/Wells, UK) INSPIRED: FROM THE 30 SECOND SONG TO THE £1 MILLION ALBUM (Lee, UK) THE ISSUE WITH TISSUE (Zelniker, Can) THE JANITOR (Mueller/Garcia, Mex) JACKALOPE (Hirschberg, US) JARDINES DEL BOSQUE (Barragan/Barragan, Mex) THE KILLING MOON (Bogran, US) LANDSHIP (Burn, UK) THE LAST DIVE (Sheehy, US) LET US BE (D'Avilla, Br) LIFE FOR BEGINNERS (Podolski, Pol)	LIFEHACK (Corrigan, UK) LOST LAND (Fujimoto, Ger) LUCKY WEEKEND (Alves, Can) MACBETH (Chase, UK) MODEM (Brown, UK) MOON DUST (de Champris, Fr) MY DAUGHTER'S HAIR (Farahmand, Irn) NAMELESS (Jojo, Jpn) NO LASTNAME (Sattari, Irn) OCCUPY CANNES (Kaufman, US) OUR COLORS NEVER FADE (McSherry, Ikr) OUR KIND OF CHAOS (Stutt/Larsen, Can) PARO: THE UNTOLD STORY OF BRIDE SLAVERY (Ahire, Ind) PAUL (Cote, Can) PESCADOR (Rossi, Cos) PETYR (McSparron, UK) PINOCCHIO: UNSTRUNG (Frake-Waterfield, UK) RESCUE (Schiazza, US) RHINO (Martienssen, UK) ROOTED OUT: CHAPTER 1 (Hutton-Mills, UK) SACRIFICIOS (Chernovetzky, Mex) SEAHORSE (Evelyna, Can) SECTION 1591 (Kristensen/Poole, US) SERENA (Alicea, US) SILENT REBELLION (Sgualdo, Bel) SILENT STRUGGLE (Salamo, Sp) SO WHAT (Inniss, UK) SPACETIME CHRONICLES (Bertelli, It) A STORY ABOUT FIRE (Li, Chn) SUMMER SCHOOL, 2001 (Duong, Cz) TERRA (Wilson, UK) THANKS FOR NOTHING (Markert, Ger) THINK OF ENGLAND (Hawkins, UK) TOKYO NIGHTFALL(Shimizu, Jpn) TRAMP (McGoldrick, UK) THE TREK (Adam, SA) THE TROLL (Lee, US) THE UNLUCKIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD (Hayazaka, Jpn) VALIDITY (Kovitz,US) WALLS (Rordam/Skydsbjerg, Grn) WHISKEY DIXIE & THE BIG WET COUNTRY (Richards, US) WHITENESS (Cappelletti, US) YOU CAN'T FLY (Dylan, UK) YOUR MUM (Malaguti, It) ZOMBUCHA! (Dzienny, Aus)

33rd Raindance Film Festival 18 - 27 JUN 2025 in London Opening: HEAVYWEIGHT Closing: THE ACADEMY	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 (Aliabdallah, Pal) 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 (Raschid, UK) 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 (Tong, Chn) THINESTRA THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING TURTLE WALKER THE TWO OF US WET MONDAY WHITE GUILT ZHAZA

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)

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 * reviews coming

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