Raindance Film Festival
film festival
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.
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.
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