Raindance Film Festival
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The Raindance Film Festival is the UK's largest independent film festival.[citation needed] It was established in 1992 by Elliot Grove to extend the normal film school activities of Raindance and to celebrate and support independent filmmaking - it runs in the autumn each year in London's West End and always features an eclectic mix of genres with films from all over the world, especially from the United States, The festival has a very strong music influence and incorporates music related films, special events and has premiered Pulp Fiction, The Blair Witch Project, Capturing the Friedmans, Memento, Oldboy, Steve Balderson's Firecracker, and Girlfriend in a Kimono. Jury members have included Lou Reed, Dame Judi Dench, Marky Ramone, Dutch photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbijn, Mick Jones of The Clash, Andrea Arnold and American filmmaker Jonathan Caouette.
Patrons of Raindance include Ewan McGregor, Terry Gilliam, Mike Figgis, Ken Loach, and Marky Ramone. The festival attracts key industry figures including notable appearances by Alan Rickman, Mike Figgis, Ken Loach, Don Letts, Marky Ramone, Trudie Styler, Vanessa Redgrave, Noel Gallagher, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Jonny Lee Miller.
Prestigious awards made at the festival include the Tiscali Short Film Award.
Raindance is also the founder of the British Independent Film Awards.
