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Raindance Film Festival

2007

Weirdsville will open the 15th edition of the Raindance Film Festival
Weirdsville will open the 15th edition of the Raindance Film Festival

This independent festival is "dedicated to fostering and promoting independent film in the UK and around the world". More than simply a festival, Raindance also runs training courses for up and coming film-makers and also hosts the British Independent Film Awards (read our news story on this year's nominees).

New awards for 2007 include the Canon Best Cinematography Award, with the winner taking home a Canon XH A1 HD camera and the Adobe Animation Award, the festival say: "The award winning film will be chosen for its originality and technical proficiency by the Raindance jury and an Adobe animation specialist." The festival will open with Weirdsville on September 25 and run until October 7.

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Latest reviews

  • Once
    Review preview for Once

    Like the best works of art, John Carney’s Once is both melancholy and beautiful, a fragile poem that seems almost too delicate for the big screen.

    The Exile · 5 out of 5
    Guy meets Girl and makes beautiful - and Oscar-winning - music with her.
  • WAZ
    Review preview for WAZ

    Shankland dispenses with subplots almost as quickly as bodies, but his debut rattles along at a nice, taut pace.

    Richard Mellor · 2.5 out of 5
    A detective caught in a battle of wits with a killer is forced to pay for his past failings.
  • Mala Noche
    Review preview for Mala Noche

    A moody, raw piece of cinema.

    Emma Slawinski · 3 out of 5
    Moody and atmospheric picture about unrequited love on skid row.
  • Weirdsville
    Review preview for Weirdsville

    Instantly forgettable but enjoyable enough.

    Darren Amner · 2.5 out of 5
    The unlikely lives of Canadian junkies.
  • La Antena
    Review preview for La Antena

    Sometimes cinema tickles the senses, sometimes it tugs at the heartstrings, sometimes it exercises the intellect – but La Antena transmits to all three at once.

    Anton Bitel · 4.5 out of 5
    Dystopian fairytale about a 'city without a voice'.
  • Ex Drummer
    Review preview for Ex Drummer

    As gratuitous and confrontational a story as you’re likely to come across.

    Richard Mellor · 3 out of 5
    A group of punk misfits ask a famous novelist to join their band... despite the fact he can't play, only to find their plans spiralling out of control.
  • Day Watch
    Review preview for Day Watch

    The action sequences are stunning, the special effects impressive.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    The forces of good and evil battle over a device with the power to save or destroy Moscow.
  • Bunny Chow
    Review preview for Bunny Chow

    What might sound vibrant or at least quirky on paper ends up falling very flat on screen.

    Anton Bitel · 2 out of 5
    A group of Johannesburg stand-up comedians take a roadtrip to perform at a rock concert.
  • The Inheritance
    Review preview for The Inheritance

    Road movies come with clichés attached. Thanks to dialogue that strips convention to the bone, they have no effect here because they wouldn’t survive the verbal onslaught.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Two brothers who hate each other drive to Skye to search for their dead daddy's money.
  • Last Waltz In Sarajevo
    Review preview for Last Waltz In Sarajevo

    Rattles along at a cracking pace, attaining a truly epic feel despite an obviously limited budget.

    Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
    A tragicomic look at the events preceeding the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.

A–Z of Raindance Film Festival 2007 reviews