Can a film tell its story without a single line of dialogue? That was one of the questions I wanted to explore when I began making Persian Gulf (2026). The film is a 4-minute-31-second, dialogue-free ...

You already know how to meet deadlines, solve problems and work with people. Here is how to bring those skills into filmmaking.

Everybody loves a good twist. Our horror challenge is back, and we’re ready to shake things up with “An Unexpected Twist”. We want to see your original and creative one-minute films that spook and ...

I’m delighted to say that two debut features from our June 2026 Raindance programme have secured UK theatrical releases: April X and Child.

See which AI tools hold a character's voice consistent across a full microdrama season, including cloned multilingual voice ...

A stereotype can be useful for about ten seconds. And here are the principles professional use. What are you going to do ...

Nina Romain talks to two Brit zombie-meisters who chose to have their heroes taking on the undead in UK shopping centres.

Ben Tan is an exciting new director marked by Bresson and Haneke; he discusses his powerful short Dog, inventive video for Sophie Thatcher and the artistic solutions he came upon. Tan has been making ...

AI filmmaking has moved from experimental to standard practice in under two years. AI-generated footage has appeared in major commercial campaigns and screened at real festivals, and productions with ...

Today Elliot Grove & Suzanne Ballantyne received their British Citizen Award Medal of Honour for Services to the Arts, their daughter Désirée Ballantyne-Grove collected on behalf of Suzanne Ballantyne ...

They are about caffeine, social anxiety, tote bags, existential collapse, and people pretending they “absolutely loved the pacing.” After thirty-plus years of standing in festival foyers, here are the ...

This is not Cannes with yachts and sunglasses pretending to be cinema. Your first time at Raindance 2026 is going to be a lot different. This is where filmmakers, screenwriters, actors, producers, ...