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RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2008
RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2008
The 16th annual Raindance Film Festival is set to explode this year with a sensational line up of Domestic and International films throughout the two week event.

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1-12 October 2008.
Once again a well respected line up of international guests has been invited to judge the films in competition at this years festival and once again the judging wont be easy. The jury consists of Academy Award® winning director Peter Capaldi, Oli Harbottle ex producer of Raindance, Kim Newman Journalist and Film Critic, Rebecca O’Brien winner of the Palme d’Or in Cannes 2006, world renowned director Nicolas Roeg, Joe Utichi – editor of Rotten Tomatoes and Adam Yauch of hip hop trio Beastie Boys.
To recognise the outstanding achievements of the filmmakers showcased at the 16th Raindance Film Festival in 2008, a number of jury prizes will be awarded. The winners will be announced before the screening of the Closing Night Film HUSH at the Cineworld Trocadero on Sunday 12 October at 7:30PM.
The nominees are:
UK FEATURE The Blue Tower Dummy Flick Senseless Zebra Crossings
UK SHORT Broken Like People Do Ottica Zero Player Red Sands
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE Adrift in Tokyo [Japan] Estomago [Brazil] Goliath [USA] The Tour [Serbia/] Watch Out [USA]
INTERNATIONAL SHORT A Juicy Turkey [France] Little Minx Exquisite Corpse: Cara [USA] Small Collection [USA] The Tournament [Italy] Trouble Sens [France]
DEBUT FEATURE No Through Road [Australia] Production Office [Canada] PVC-1 [Colombia] The Rind [Uruguay] This World of Ours [Japan] Who is KK Downey? [Canada]
DOCUMENTARY Agile, Mobile, Hostile [USA] Indestructible [USA] Today, The Same Day Is Different [Spain] Tokyo Wings of Defeat [Japan] Wild Blue Yonder [USA]
AUDIENCE AWARD [FEATURE] New this year to the festival, this Award will be given to the best feature film at the Festival selected by the audience.
UK SHORT Best UK Short Film Award - 2 return tickets to the US designed to give UK filmmakers the opportunity to attend screenings of their film in US festivals.
DAILYMOTION SHORT CIRCUIT AWARD The Short Circuit Award is a new short film competition to search for budding new talent. Filmmakers upload their 60 second short films to the Dailymotion website, where they will be judged by a panel of industry professionals. Winner announced Wednesday 8th October at the Rex Cinema in London. Visit www.dailymotion.com
SAE DIGITAL SHORT FILM AWARD The SAE Digital Short Film Award is chosen from a strict rule of criteria - the film must have been entirely shot and edited using only digital means of production and must demonstrate a unique approach to filmmaking utilising new digital technology. The nominations for this year are: Alfie Is Go [USA], The Eye [Argentina], Fight [UK], Mime and Punishment [USA], Letter to Colleen [USA].
FILM OF THE FESTIVAL [SHORT] For the fifth year running the Film of the Festival Award will be announced . Last year’s award went to UK filmmaker Tom Tagholm (“About de Truffe”).Diesel,supported Tom’s win by funding his project to produce the 16th Raindance Film Festival trailer, which can be seen at www.raindance.co.uk. This year’s award is supported by the Independent Film Trust.

For ticket details head to www.raindance.co.uk

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