An Interview With Raindance Film Festival Founder Elliot Grove
The Raindance Film Festival was founded in 1992 by Elliot Grove as a thought experiment: can you make a film with no money, no training and no experie…
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Not Quite A Happy Birthday: A Look at Short Film ‘Peggy’
We all like to imagine what would happen if we could read people's minds. Peggy (Or: The Art of Coveting in the Age of Social Media) gives us an idea…
Music, Movies, Meaning: Will Bates of Fall On Your Sword
Fall On Your Sword is home to composer and founder Will Bates and executive producer Lucy Alper. They create music for film, television, and branded a…
Down the Rabbit Hole: ‘Alice’ at SXSW
SXSW Grand Prize Winner 'Alice' tells the story of a woman who goes down the rabbit hole when she is abandoned and betrayed by her husband.
All The World’s A Stage: In Review
In what can nearly be described as a fairy tale of the theatre, All The World's A Stage is the story of a brilliant actor beloved because of his speci…
Hammer Hath Risen: ‘House of the Gorgon’ Premieres in London
Written, produced and directed by emerging filmmaker Joshua Kennedy, House of the Gorgon is an unabashed love note to the vintage Hammer Horror film s…
On Your Marks… Get Set… ‘Get Ready With Me’
Aspiring YouTuber Vendela decides to get up in front of her high school class and shows a disturbing video that disrupts the lesson and causes her tea…
Praise Be…for ‘Sacred Hair’
A boy has a chance encounter with a young woman from a different culture than his, but the two learn that they share a common bond: their hair and the…
A ‘Madre’ (Mother) of a Thriller
While at home in her apartment with her own mother in Spain, a woman gets a phone call from her six-year-old son, who’s on vacation in France with h…
Bonboné: A Palestinian Love Story
Rakan Mayasi's short film Bonbone tells the story of two lovers who come up with an unconventional way to have a child when the husband is imprisoned …