Raindance Film Festival Programme
The Raindance Film Festival has announced its programme, and this year the festival will be jam-packed with 77 features, 69 UK premieres and over 133 shorts, as well as special live events and masterclasses for attendees
Kicking things off on 29 September will be a screening of Jackboots on Whitehall, a satirical animation set during World War II featuring the voices of Ewan McGregor, Richard E. Grant and Stephen Merchant.
British filmmaking will be celebrated with the Homegrown UK section, showcasing Ben Miller’s directional debut, Huge, as well as Legacy, starring The Wire’s Idris Elba, and Five Daughters, a film based on the 2006 Ipswich murders.
It’s not just a British film though, with dark comedy Armless leading the pack from America, and the controversial A Serbian Film also making an appearance.
Documentaries also get a billing, with Stolen, This Way of Life and When the World Breaks all showing throughout the week-long event.
Closing the festival on 10 October will be the 2010 Raindance Festival Awards, with judges on this year’s panel including Charles Saatchi, Julian Barratt and one of Hitchcock’s sound producers Ernie Marsh.
The awards will be followed by a screening of Iraqi film, Son of Babylon, which has already made an impact at the Berlin International Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival.
