15th RAINDANCE
October 9th 2007 06:04
Sunday the 7th saw all the awards handed out before the latest mind-blowing feature from Gus Van Sant, PARANOID PARK closed the festival. Many of those in attendance then moved on to Sound in Leicester Square to continue the celebration of another successful year for Raindance.
Raindance is the UK largest independent film festival showcasing shorts and features from all over the world and specialising in directorial debuts.
AWARDS 2007
JURY
Iggy Pop; Mick Jones, Penny Woolcock, Andrea Arnold, Oli Harbottle, Jonathan Harvey, Sandy Lieberson, Anthony Quinn, Jemma Rodgers, Tessa Ross, Ed King, Davide Scalenghe and Brian Tufano.
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Once [Republic of Ireland]
UK FEATURE
Exhibit A
BEST DEBUT FEATURE
Ex Drummer [Belgium]
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Frank & Cindy
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT
Dragonflies [Poland]
UK SHORT
The Truffle Hunter
Delta Air Lines supports the Best UK Short Film Award with a prize of 2 return tickets to anywhere in the US to attend screenings of their film in US festivals.
TISCALI SHORT FILM AWARD [UK]
Amelia and Michael
SAE DIGITAL SHORT FILM AWARD
The Stronger [UK]
Winner of the SAE Digital Short Film Award is chosen from a strict rule of criteria - the film must have been entirely shot and edited using only digital means of production and must demonstrate a unique approach to filmmaking utilising new digital technology.
CANON BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD
Dragonflies [Poland]
This year sees the introduction of a brand new award that focuses on the photography of a film and the work of the cinematographer.
ADOBE ANIMATION AWARD
Pushkin [UK]
2007 marks the creation of the Adobe Animation Award for the best-animated short film.
Diesel Film of the Festival
The Truffle Hunter [UK]
The winner of the Diesel Film of the Festival Award will be given the opportunity and financial support to produce the trailer for the following years Raindance Festival that is shown before every film screening.
Notes from RAINDANCE website
“Distinguishing itself with its rock and roll attitude, Raindance runs riot in the West end of London in Late Sept/ Oct. As well as showing independent films from around the world, the festival hosts a number of special events (26 in 12 days this year) including master classes, Q&A sessions, its renowned pitching event where you could end up pitching your film to an exec from a key distributor and of course Parties Galore. In its first year 1993 Raindance hosted 22 features, 130 shorts and attracted 130 visitors with closing night film What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, the feature screen debut of 14 year of Leonardo DiCaprio. In the years since, Raindance has premiered amongst others Pulp Fiction, The Blair Witch Project and Memento. In 2007, festival attendance rose to 15,000 with 73 features and 90 short films from 40 different countries.”
credit: www.raindance.co.uk
SJC 09-10-07
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