Yesterday I read an excellent essay by Stephanie Tyler in Bad Girl Media called Taste Is the New Intelligence. Her argument stopped me in my tracks because it articulated something I’ve been sensing ...

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For 34 years, Raindance Film Festival has existed slightly outside the official map of the film industry. That was never an accident. Independent cinema has always belonged to outsiders. The people ...

If you have been reading our founder’s Substack, you will here a lot about a new film movement coming out of America, and now in the UK, called “Nondē” Meaning Non-dependent filmmaking. NonDē doesn’t ...

Horror films rely on a complex combination of visual, auditory, and storytelling elements to evoke visceral emotions like fear, dread, and unease in audiences. Beyond the macabre themes and terrifying ...

Navigate dreamlike worlds filled with secrets you can discover. Encounter the seven miracles of Jesus or step into Hamlet’s mind as his faith in humanity erodes. A whirlwind of spectres and omens ...

And every year when the lights go down and the first frame hits the screen, I’m reminded why festivals like this still matter. Because independent cinema was never meant to be safe. It was never ...

Similarly to other genres, horror films can be structured in various ways. There are many excellent examples of non-linear storytelling, which we’ll explore in the future. This time we’ll take the ...

Branding used to be a dirty word in indie film. “Real” filmmakers were supposed to focus on the art and leave the branding to those mythical marketing departments that only exist in Hollywood office ...