50% off festival passes

[Elliot Grove]

+ 40% off courses this week (code inside).

View this email in browser Dear Stu, We're over halfway through the 34th Raindance Film Festival, and we'd love to have you with us. Haven't joined yet? Festival passes are now half price. Join us at the Canon Lounge on Wednesday for practical sessions and sharp, illuminating discussions, then come back on Thursday for Non-Dependence Day. And in between, settle in for moving, thrilling films that will remind you why cinema matters, and why you're making it. Yours in filmmaking, Rebecca and Elliot

Festival passes are now 50% off We've dropped festival passes to half price for the rest of the Raindance Film Festival. Raindance is where independent cinema comes to life. For the next four days, expect films that remind you why you started, plus unfiltered conversations, advice you only get at Raindance and the people you'll make your next project with. Festival Pass (screenings + industry talks) now £112.50 (was £225) Indie Film Forum Pass (industry talks only) now £75 (was £149) Can't make a full pass work this week? Day passes are available too. Get your pass

Ends in 4 days: save 40% on courses Members get an extra discount on Raindance courses for the rest of the festival. Not sure what to book? Take the Course Pathways Quiz, and we'll point you in the right direction. 40%* off with code CREATEFEST40 Connect members also get 30% off year-round on Filmmaker's Foundation, Saturday Film School and Film Directors Foundation. *Excludes Fast Track for Writers, Producers & Directors Use CREATEFEST40

We want you in the Raindance Circle Raindance Circle is where the Raindance community can connect, share what we're making and stay close to the action. In the Circle, you can: Share what you're working on and get useful feedback Meet other filmmakers and start conversations that turn into collaborations Get answers to your questions Resources, opportunities and updates as they happen. Joining takes 2 minutes. Take a look around and introduce yourself to get the conversation going. See you in the Circle! Join the Circle

How Elliot met Suzanne And why you probably owe her a thank you.

A school corridor in Toronto. A shy hello that turns into 51 years together. Elliot's written the story of how he met Suzanne Ballantyne. It's romantic, funny and, better yet, completely true. It also lands as a reminder that a lot of filmmakers owe Suzanne a thank you for what she's done through Raindance since 1993. Read more

What we're reading this week... ''Terrifier' Star Catherine Corcoran Named Raindance Film Festival's First Horror Ambassador' - The Hollywood Reporter 'Raindance Founder Elliot Grove Praises 'Exceptional' Connor Storrie, Says 'Some of the Most Exciting Filmmakers Working Today' Come From Horror' - Variety 'Why A Girl Called Alice Starring Tegan Grace Muggeridge Is One Of Raindance Film Festival's Most Important Films' - Fan Carpet 'The Raindance Seven: Most Creative Careers Die From Respectability' - Elliot Grove

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[Elliot Grove]

+ 25% off courses this week (code inside).

View this email in browser Dear Stu, We're over halfway through the 34th Raindance Film Festival, and we'd love to have you with us. Haven't joined yet? Festival passes are now half price. Join us at the Canon Lounge on Wednesday for practical sessions and sharp, illuminating discussions, then come back on Thursday for Non-Dependence Day. And in between, settle in for moving, thrilling films that will remind you why cinema matters, and why you're making it. Yours in filmmaking, Rebecca and Elliot

Festival passes are now 50% off We've dropped festival passes to half price for the rest of the Raindance Film Festival. Raindance is where independent cinema comes to life. For the next four days, expect films that remind you why you started, plus unfiltered conversations, advice you only get at Raindance and the people you'll make your next project with. Festival Pass (screenings + industry talks) now £112.50 (was £225) Indie Film Forum Pass (industry talks only) now £75 (was £149) Can't make a full pass work this week? Day passes are available too. Get your pass

Ends in 4 days: save 25% on courses

Members get an extra discount on Raindance courses for the rest of the festival. Not sure what to book? Take the Course Pathways Quiz, and we'll point you in the right direction.

25%* off with code CONNECTFEST25

Connect members also get 30% off year-round on Filmmaker's Foundation, Saturday Film School and Film Directors Foundation. *Excludes Fast Track for Writers, Producers & Directors

Use CONNECTFEST25