07/09/2012 - 20th edition of festival includes 105 features

The Raindance Film Festival’s 20th edition (September 26 – October 7) boasts a strong selection of 105 features, 64 UK Premieres, 13 International Premieres, 5 European Premieres, 20 World Premieres and 24 Directorial Debuts from 38 countries. Kicking off festivities will be Adrian Garcia Bogliano’s fantasy horror Here Comes The Devil (Mexico) and closing proceedings will be Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schembori’s thriller 7 Crates (Paraguay).

The UK Homegrown strand includes three World Premieres – Christopher Payne’s Love Tomorrow, James Larkin’s City Slacker and Tobias Tobell’s Confine.

The European strand features Axel Ranisch’s Heavy Girls (Germany), Bojan Vuletic’s Practical Guide To Belgrade With Singing And Crying (Serbia) and Branko Schmidt’s Vegetarian Cannibal (Croatia).

This year the festival will host retrospectives of late French auteur Chris Marker and American independent filmmaker Trent Harris.

Raindance Film Festival Founder Elliot Grove said, “Raindance - 20 years on and the independent film spirit is stronger than ever. This year’s collection of outstanding films proves that despite the difficult international economic climate, independent filmmakers continue to amaze, impress and entertain.”