Joachim Back’s “Corner Office,” co-starring “Mad Men” star Jon Hamm, will open the 30th edition of the Raindance Film Festival in London (October 26-November 5). The festival will conclude with “Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game” by Austin Bragg and Meredith Bragg.
To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Raindance will be showing popular independent films that premiered in the UK at the festival, including “Pulp Fiction”, “Memento”, “The Blair Witch Project” and “Oldboy”.
New movie specials include Stephen Moyer’s world premiere “A Bit of Light” (UK), starring Anna Paquin and Ray Winston. Director Moshe Rosenthal will take part in a training course in Raindance and will premiere “Karaoke” (Israel) in the UK. and the world premiere of Dilshad Hussain’s Asian-British film “Banglatown”.
The festival’s roster of local UK-produced features includes Bhushan Kripalani’s “Goldfish,” Elizabeth Felson’s “Night Burns Like Cigarettes,” Swede Caroline’s by Finn Bruce and Brock Driver, Mason Pachachi’s “Our River…Our Sky,” and Winners” by Hassan Nazer. “
Festival highlights include LGBTQIA+ “Irene’s Guide to Kissing Girls” by Juliana Notin (Canada), Kat Mills “Wake Up, Leonard” (US), Marcelo Gomes “Paloma” (Brazil-Portugal) and Julian Robles “Iguana Like the Sun” (Mexico).
The festival also features horror, documentary, immersive and musical film series, Academy Award-eligible shorts and a Black History Month celebration.
The festival has awards in eight categories: International Film, British Film, Director, Performance, Screenplay, Cinematography, Discovery and Documentary.
Among the jurors represented are Damien Lewis, Tobbins Middleton, Phoebe Fox, Tom Bateman, Naomi Scott, Werch Opia, Daniel Bruhl, Holiday Grainger, Lydia West, Naomi Harris, Lucy Boynton, Colin Morgan, Lara Pulver, William Cunningham, Joseph Morgan and many more. industries. Numbers.
The 2022 venues are Curzon Soho, Genesis Cinema, Rio Cinema and The Garden Cinema. The film’s program will be available across the UK via new broadcast partner Bohemia Euphoria.
Elliot Grove, founder of Raindance said: “For the past 30 years, UK moviegoers have come to Raindance and joined us in discovering some of the greatest independent films of all time. But it’s not about discovering now-famous films like this one: a champion of independent cinema in every appearance. And genres, just as important to us are the underrated films that you might not see anywhere else but here.”
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