Let’s be clear: you won’t learn everything about filmmaking in a single day—but you can learn everything you need to start. That’s what the Raindance Saturday Film School and the legendary 99-Minute Film School are all about. You walk in…
Let’s be brutally honest. You’ve probably uploaded your trailer to YouTube, crossed your fingers, lit a candle, and prayed to the algorithm gods that someone—anyone—would find it. Do you have any YouTube hacks? We’ve all done it. Welcome to the…
In the wake of Donald Trump’s announcement proposing 100% trade tariffs on non-US films, the global film industry finds itself at a crossroads. Yet beneath the surface of initial panic and concern, a more nuanced narrative is emerging – one…
Breaking into the movie industry can feel as daunting as your first kiss — you know you want it, you’re sure countless others are chasing it too, and you can’t help but wonder how some people seem to have got…
A few months ago we gave some advice on how to make film festivals despise you. Assuming you have done the opposite of what we told you, there should now be some distributors interested in your film. Here are 10…
Don’t we all hate painful filmmaking lessons? I do. I’ve had plenty of them. It’s been over 30 years since this whole Raindance thing started, and it’s painful to remember all the naive and often stupid lessons I had to…
It is with great sadness that the artist, musician, voyeur, author, publisher, producer and filmmaker, Michael Wiese, has passed. He is the founder of Michael Wiese Productions, a production company that specializes in producing films and documentaries. Wiese has also…
If you added the running time of all thirty Raindance Film Festivals, one day after another, you’d end up with over 12 months of festival. That’s a lot of standing around talking to independent filmmakers. Submissions to this year’s film…
When ex-pat Torontonian Elliot Grove left his home-town in the mid 1980’s he never thought he would be coming back a local hero of the indie film scene. By 2017 he had created Europe’s largest independent film festival, designed and…
Raindance 30th Birthday: Elliot Grove’s FAQ’s | Why I Raindance | Key Raindance Dates | Raindance eco-System I just passed another milestone – I rewrote the Raindance Producer’s Lab book, only 38 months after my original deadline! It was a…
