Raindance Film School and Festival
Location(s)	London, New York City, Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, Berlin, Brussels and Budapest
Website	https://www.raindance.org

Raindance is an independent film festival and film school that operates in major cities including London, Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Budapest, Berlin, and Brussels.^[1] The festival was established in 1992 by Elliot Grove to be the voice of British filmmaking,^{[citation needed]} and it showcases features and shorts by filmmakers from around the world to an audience of film executives and buyers, journalists, film fans and filmmakers.^[2]

In 2013, the festival was listed by Variety as one of the world's top 50 "unmissable film festivals".^[3]

Timeline

• 1992 – Raindance is founded. Film training courses are offered.
• 1993 – The Raindance Film Festival is launched, World premiere of What's Eating Gilbert Grape.
• 1994 – Pulp Fiction makes its UK debut at Raindance.
• 1998 – Raindance creates the British Independent Film Awards which celebrate the achievements of independent British filmmaking.
• 2000 – Christopher Nolan's Memento has its UK premiere at Raindance.
• 2003 – Raindance launches the world's first 15 Second Shorts Competition with Nokia.
• 2004 – The Independent Film Trust is launched by Raindance: a charity that supports independent filmmaking and provides bursaries and training for the disadvantaged, from children in inner-city schools to refugees and the mentally ill.
• 2008 – Raindance Screens Once, which goes on to win the Academy Award for Best Song.
• 2009 – Down Terrace, Ben Wheatley's first film, debuts at Raindance.^[4]

• 2012 – Short films which play at Raindance become eligible for Oscar nominations.
• 2013 – Raindance launches Raw Talent and produces its film Love.Honour.Obey.^[5]
• 2015 – Raindance launches 360/VR Storytelling training.^[6]

• 2016 – Raindance launches the Auteur Award and presents the inaugural prize to Ken Loach.^[7]
• 2016 – Raindance launches the VRX Awards and Showcase.^[8]

• 2017 – Raindance hands the 2nd Annual Auteur Award to Guy Ritchie, describing him as a "prominent figure" who breathed "new life into the British film industry" with his "cult crime comedies."^[9]
• 2017 – Raindance celebrated its 25th anniversary.^[10][11]

• 2018 – Raindance hands the 3rd Annual Auteur Award to Terry Gilliam, saying that for four decades, he's been "magicking amazing visual stories from practically nowhere."^[12]