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Raindance to launch U.K. festival and market for vertical films
Raindance is launching a festival and financing market for vertical films and series in London.
The one-day event is scheduled for Dec.
4 at Soho’s Karma Sanctum Hotel, with two competition categories: Vertical Short Film and Vertical Series.
Submissions are open to U.K. and international filmmakers until November, and the work will be shown in a 9:16 format.
The event will also include panels, workshops and a mini-market that will connect pre-vetted producers with financiers, platforms, commissioners and brands.
The festival aims to help filmmakers reach people who can fund their work, as Raindance says U.K. creators have few such routes for vertical projects.
The format uses a tall screen and is associated with short-form films and series.
The festival is set to take place on Dec.
4, with awards judged by filmmakers who work in the format.
Raindance is launching Raindance Vertical, a one-day festival and financing market for vertical film and series in London.
The event is scheduled for Dec. 4 at Soho’s Karma Sanctum Hotel.
It will feature competitions for Vertical Short Film and Vertical Series, as well as panels, workshops and a “vertical mini-market.”
Submissions open Oct. 13 through FilmFreeway to U.K. and international filmmakers, with a deadline in November.
Raindance says the festival aims to connect filmmakers with financiers, studios, streamers and brands.
- Who
- British film organization Raindance is launching the event. U.K. and international filmmakers can submit work.
- What
- A one-day festival and financing market for vertical films and series.
- When
- Dec. 4. Submissions opened Oct. 13 and close in November.
- Where
- Soho’s Karma Sanctum Hotel in London.
- Why
- Raindance says the event is intended to connect vertical filmmakers with people and organizations that can finance or back their work.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Submissions opened through FilmFreeway to U.K. and international filmmakers.
Submissions are due to close; the exact date was not stated.
Raindance Vertical is scheduled to take place at Soho’s Karma Sanctum Hotel in London.
- Event
- Raindance Vertical
- Date
- Dec. 4
- Venue
- Soho’s Karma Sanctum Hotel, London
- Competition categories
- Vertical Short Film; Vertical Series
- Screen format
- 9:16
- Submission deadline
- November; exact date not stated
What people are saying
The British film industry needs to stop sneering at the shape of the screen and start watching what’s on it.
We started Raindance to give filmmakers a chance when the industry wouldn’t.
Vertical takes the same directing discipline, the same crews and the same storytelling rigour, just with a different structure and pace.
This festival is a chance to show the best U.K. and international vertical drama alongside outstanding features and shorts, and I’m excited to see what the U.K. brings to the format.
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