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

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 ...

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

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

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

Japanese can be a difficult language for automated video translation. Meaning often depends heavily on context, subjects are frequently omitted when they are understood from the conversation, and the ...

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

The judges have been blown away by the quality of submissions this year. After a tough call, here are the Finalists for the Raindance 2025 Script Competition. Raindance promotes and supports ...

If you have been reading our founder’s Substack, you will here a lot about a new film movement coming out of America, and now in the UK, called “Nondē” Meaning Non-dependent filmmaking. NonDē doesn’t ...

The festival this year honours features in 10 categories: Best International Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Discovery Award for Best Debut Feature (the Elisar Cabrera Award), Best Debut Director, ...

Horror films rely on a complex combination of visual, auditory, and storytelling elements to evoke visceral emotions like fear, dread, and unease in audiences. Beyond the macabre themes and terrifying ...