Independent Film Matters More Than Ever
We need your support to expose under-25’s to independent film
We live in very troubled times. I don’t know, but I hate watching the news. Knife crime. Troubles in the East. Ecological disaster. Brexit brohaha. Politcal firestorms in America and Europe. There’s so much hatred!
Here’s where cinema comes in: Is not the world’s hatred caused by basic misunderstanding? What better way to break down the barriers of hatred than through the power of film?
Did you know that less than 5% of under 25’s have seen an independent film? Raindance is going to do something about it.
And we need your help!
We’ve launched the Emerging Filmmakers Day – to bring under-25’s to the cinema – for free. So they can see the types of films that are NOT sanitised by Hollywood. So they can experience films that can change lives. So they can learn how to make movies themselves. So they can leave crime and drugs behind. so they can contribute positively to our world.
Independent films matter more than ever. The stories and the pictures they paint matter more than ever before. Creativity matters more than ever. Culture matters more than ever. And that’s why Raindance matters: today, and for our future.
Make no mistake about it: Raindance is in fighting mode. Independent film can change these horrible times for the good. Please donate to our crowdfunding campaign.
Why is independent film so important?
Independent films are the dances of protest; their poems are the poems of insurrection; their buildings edify dissent. Independent film celebrates those who challenge society, the musicians who sing for freedom, and the artists who revolt against the forces that validate oppression.
Independent films stand up for the vulnerable, the marginalised, the outsiders, the rebels, the dreamers, the poets, the imaginative.Independent film exposes the evils of the world and offers solutions. Independent film changes people’s lives. Forever.
Raindance is a platform for those who love and question and include. We are used to being called maverick and outsider. We’ve been truly independent for a quarter century. We believe the films we screen will change people’s lives. and we want to expand our reach to the Under-25s who we know are dazzled by the bright lights of Hollywood movies.
If you feel the same way, you can’t be passive or silent. Neither can we. Raindance needs to step it up in 2019, and so do you. Be bigger, bolder, louder, stronger, more open, more productive, more engaged, more organised, more public, more creative.
Support our Emerging Filmmmakers Days
Raindance is non-profit. We’ve never had a penny of public funding since we started in 1992 – and that’s a good thing too – we can respond instantly to issues . Like we are doing here: to bring Under-25’s to independent film – in a cinema! Our Emerging Filmmaker Days needs your support. We need your support to make this happen.
With your support, we step it up together. We go on together. We get stronger. You can help us change people’s lives.There are many other ways you can support our work at Raindance.
Call me on 0207 930 3412 to discuss your options further. Or email me here.
Support our work at Raindance. Help us bring Under-25’s to Raindance.
Thank you.
Writer, producer & Director of the award-winning web series Rebecca Gold.
5 年We need to build a movie industry here first.
Producer DAL Productions Ltd, Director DAL Strategy Ltd. Member of BAFTA #connect, Member of the BFI ,Royal Marines Association Member, Member of Women in Film and Television U.K.
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Actor. Stage & Screen. Presenter QuaranTyne Radio Podcast show Contact official website only
5 年I have spent almost 25 years working as an actor in independent film as well as TV and theatre in the UK and Internationally. Independent film has been a precious resource for me as a now practitioner but as a spectator and participator. The impact and value it has on lives and especially young lives is astounding and when I speak with, mentor, create and produce projects with many the results are clear to see. What I will say however is that there needs to be a monumental shift in attitude for the art, craft and discipline within the independent sector as well as respect and transparency from those who already work in this arena and create obstacles rather walkways to a better industry for all. Organisations institutes and individuals who sit higher in stature within our industry, who are supposed to offer much needed support when it comes to the management, financing and distribution of productions need to embrace the value of independent film and of the young creative minds that observe interact and create this work as without this commitment and desire we are yet again reducing the opportunities to benefit the many and instead feed only the chosen few.
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5 年Independent film is a valuable part of the film industry.? Not only does it tell stories which otherwise would not be told - it also provides a training ground for new generations of film makers. Mainstream cinema needs the vitality and freshness.? It is a symbiotic relationship and those who forget that?doom both sides.
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5 年I agree. Less commercialism. More truth with less opportunity to distort facts and picking subject matter we need to see - truth presented intelligently.