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Watch the Oscar Trailers
Check out the trailers for all the Best Picture nominated films.
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Read the Oscar Scripts
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All the agents details
Want to work with an Oscar Nominee? Get their agents' details right here. |
A case of Oscar fatigue
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Introduction to Casting
Find out how to get the best actors for your film. Learn about where to look for actors, dealing with agents and attracting big name talent to even a small production. Oh, and find out why you really shouldn't cast your friends.
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Writer's Workshop for Film and T.V.
You'll work within a small group environment to formulate a coherent system for taking an original idea and turning it into a strong first draft. In each session you will both learn the theory or writing drama and workshop your own project. What? Writer's Workshop for Film and T.V.When? 7 eves, starting 10th March, 6:30 - 9:00pm Where? St George's Church, WC1A 2HRHow Much? £234.00 (inc. VAT) Members get a 15% discount Call us on 0207 287 3833 or Book Online |
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Pepsi 'MAX IT' Film Competition Winner Announced
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| Pepsi Max and Raindance announced the winning film from the Pepsi MAX IT Film Competition on Tuesday night at a celebration for the top ten finalist filmmakers. The competition challenged filmmakers to show what 'MAX IT' meant to them and their mates.
Realm Pictures took home the winning prize of a £30,000 film production budget, a VIP trip for 2 to the Cannes Film Festival, and two screenings at the 2011 Raindance Film Festival.
Check out the winning film and the finalists here.
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99 Minute Film SchoolTuesday March 8th Elliot Grove, founder of Raindance, will be in town with his famous 99 Minute Film School!
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99 Minute Film SchoolTuesday March 15th Get a viable plan and dozens of filmmaking tips in just 99 minutes.
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Production Weekend
26/27 March 2011
This course will go through the different production stages to make a film. Course in French.
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Blog of the Week
Want an Oscar Blog? Check out
GreatOscar, and for predictions, Slant Magazine.
Things We Like
Picturehouse cinemas will be livestreaming the Oscars between the ads. Check it out for a more refreshing, indie take on the whole shebang.
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Raindance Review: Howl
What happened to those finest minds of a generation? Format mash-up about Ginsberg's most famous poem. Part documentary, part court-room drama, part performance poetry, part animation equals all good. Read the full review. |
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Your FREE weekly film.
Looking for some inspiration? Watch one man turn the simple task of toast into a feat of accomplishment in the short film " Bread." |
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You guessed it... Oscars
Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings.
Kathy Bates
The only way to find the best actor would be to let everybody play Hamlet and let the best man win
Humphrey Bogart
This is the highlight of my day. I hope it's not all downhill from here.
Kevin Spacey
When the Academy called, I panicked. I thought they might want their Oscars back and the pawn shop has been out of business for awhile.
Woody Allen
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How indie are the indie Oscar contenders?
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Indie is as Indie Does
The 2011 Academy Awards has a real range of budgets in its Best Picture category. From Inception and Toy Story 3, all the way down to Winter's Bone. Find out which 5 films might just count as indie, and what we can learn from their success. Just how indie are the indie Oscar contenders?
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The London Raindance Festival Team
Suzanne Ballantyne
Christian Bell
James Burbidge
Frederica Byron
Julian Chapelle
Laura Clark
Elliot Grove
Raquel Haber
Tanya Mokdad
Rory O'Donnell
Margherita Pellegrino
Dan Polis
Xavier Rashid
Chris Thomas
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Welcome to our Oscar special. Yes, it's not exactly indie, but it is perhaps the biggest night in the calendar for anyone interested in film.
