Raindance Toronto

08/15/2025

Are you ready to make a movie?

Raindance’s Film Training Short Courses will equip you with the skills you need to make a movie for any budget you can achieve––whether you’re a writer, director, actor, producer, cinematographer or editor.

Create and Pro+ Members enjoy 30% off. Browse our catalogue of courses and book now.

https://raindance.org/courses/

08/14/2025

The Red Shoes (1948) dir. Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell 🩰❣️

A willingness to push cinematic boundaries is exactly what independent film is about.

This technicolor masterpiece is more than just a ballet film. It’s a fever dream—a meditation on the collision between life and art, and the destruction that can follow when the two are indistinguishable. That’s what we look for at Raindance. We look for films where style is inseparable from substance. Where visual language does some of the heavy lifting. Where filmmakers understand that sometimes what isn’t said is more powerful than what is.

Read more: https://raindance.org/from-ballet-slippers-to-cowboy-boots-the-two-films-that-shaped-my-worldview/

08/14/2025

All horrorhounds are booking up their tickets to later this month for five days of late-summer horror.

Horror fan Nina Romain talks to the UK writer and director Marc Price, a FrightFest veteran screening The Arbiter as his third feature there as a world premiere. He talks about about how needing to feed a friend’s cat lead to the inspiration for his film’s “bloodsoaked powder keg of fists, fury and treachery”…

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Horrorfan Nina Romain talks to the UK writer and director Marc Price, a FrightFest veteran screening The Arbiter as his third feature there.

08/12/2025

We're partnering with for the 2026 edition of our Script Competition!

As part of this collaboration, selected writers will have the opportunity to sit down with the Marauder Pictures team to pitch their script and discuss its development—with more perks to be announced soon!

This is just one of several new partnerships we're rolling out as part of a major revamp to the competition. Our aim is to create more tangible, career-building opportunities for emerging writers.

💛 Find out more and submit now: https://filmfreeway.com/Raindance

08/12/2025

Filmmaking, at its heart, isn’t complicated.

Sure, the film industry likes to make it sound complicated – there’s jargon, technical wizardry, and endless job titles. But strip it down, and the fundamentals are so simple you could explain them to a five-year-old.

Read more: https://raindance.org/filmmaking-like-youre-5/

08/12/2025

At Raindance, we believe one thing above all: bold new voices are where great cinema begins. Each year, the Raindance Discovery Award celebrates those voices—filmmakers whose work may be modest in budget but rich in vision.

In 2024, the award was renamed in honour of Elisar Cabrera, a cherished member of the Raindance family whose creative spirit and quiet brilliance continue to guide us.

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Each year, the Raindance Discovery Award celebrates those voices—filmmakers whose work may be modest in budget but rich in vision.

08/11/2025

Are you interested in learning how your films will be marketed and distributed?

We can teach you the essentials of creating a marketing and distribution plan for your film. Discover how films are sold to distributors, learn how to produce a strong press kit that will enhance the commercial potential of your film and how to approach an international sales company with your film pitch.

📍Tues, 12 Aug, 18:30-21:00 BST, in person or online.

*30% off for Raindance Members.

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In this film sales and marketing course we will take you through the essentials of creating a marketing and distribution plan for your film.

08/10/2025

Are you going to Booze N Schmooze with us tomorrow?

Our most popular networking event is back! Join us at the Zoo Bar from 6:30PM as we meet other indie filmmakers and film lovers alike.

*Free for Raindance Members or only £5 at the door!

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Want to meet indie filmmakers and film lovers around the globe? Look no further than Boozin' N Schmoozin' Networking for Independent Filmmakers.

08/09/2025

How do you fund your film?

That’s the number one question filmmakers ask when embarking on a new project. In this video, Elliot Grove runs through three ways you can get film funding.

For more, check out our short courses, which cover everything about movie making. Raindance Members enjoy 30% off short courses.

https://raindance.org/courses/

08/08/2025

Let’s be clear: you can't learn everything about filmmaking in a single day, but you can learn everything you need to start.

You walk in with a dream, and walk out with a roadmap, a plan, and—if we’re doing it right—a slight swagger in your step.

Stop waiting for permission:

So You Want To Make A Movie? That’s what the Raindance Saturday Film School and the legendary 99-Minute Film School are all about.

08/07/2025

Our most popular filmmaking course is back!

The Saturday Film School is perfect for anyone wanting to get to know the film industry. This course starts at the very beginning with Writing the Screenplay before moving on to Directing The Film, Breaking Into the Film Industry, and explaining the processes of actually Making the Movie for whatever budget you can achieve.

📍Sat, 20 Sept, 10:00-17:00 BST, in person or online.

*Free for Raindance Pro+ Members, and 50% off for Raindance Create Members

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Saturday Film School will give you the tools you need to establish yourself as a screenwriter, director, producer or filmmaker.

08/04/2025

This weekend, we're hosting a Script Supervision and Continuity Masterclass.

You will be given an overview of how the role protects the robustness of the visual narrative, ensuring narrative, emotional and physical continuity whilst bridging the informational gap between production and post production.

📍Sat & Sun, 8 & 9 August 2025, in person or live online.

*30% off for Raindance Members.

Book now:

This Script Supervision and Continuity Masterclass is an intensive two-day introduction to the key skills required to become a Script Supervisor.