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Elliot Grove, founder of Raindance and the British Independent Film Awards talks festivals, indie filmmaking, the industry today, branding, and social media....
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Discover the incredible story of how Elliot Grove founded Raindance Film Festival, the UK's largest and most prestigious independent film festival! In this e...
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Meet Elliot Grove, founder of Raindance Film Festival and the British Independent Film Awards.Raindance Twitter @Raindance Raindance Instagram: @Raindance Ra...
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I used to work for other people, both as an employee at the BBC, and CBC and CFTO in Toronto, and as a freelancer on 68 feature films and over 700 commercials. I was even a card carrying member of IATSE (local 873) and NABET back in the days when getting a Union card was tough as nails. As a visual artist I worked as a technician for Ludzer Vanderm...
When I started Raindance i was probably the dumbest guy on the block. I didn’t go to film school. I didn’t go to university. I went to art school and graduated with a certificate in Cire Perdu– lost wax bronze casting – the ancient art of the Greeks. Sure I had a lot of geeky film experience, but I didn’t have a clue at how the industry worked, and...
Nothing is more powerful than the movies. With a movie you can change people’s lives. You can play with their emotions. You can open people’s eyes to injustice and crime. Nothing makes me more excited than watching a festival screener and discovering a film that does any one of these things.
Getting the word out in today’s world means you need to communicate. I am so lucky. I have spent the last 25 years getting the word out every single day, with no one to stop me. I have a loyal and supportive community of filmmakers who understand what I am trying to do, as well as the occasional benefactor that keeps the boat afloat. The challenge ...
You could not pay me enough money for my job. My reward is meeting some of the world’s most interesting and talented people that most people would dream of meeting. It’s not just the celebrity filmmakers who attend the film festival or the British Independent Film Awards, it’s the extremely talented filmmakers who have yet to enjoy the financial an...
Don’t you just want to go up and smash the locks off the film industry? Get smashing. Make your damn movie.
Dec 28, 2021 · Five Things I learned in 2021. 5. I’m not going to let myself get burned (again) Unless I’m involved in a project from the get-go or at least have a hand in the entire process. I just can’t and won’t come into a project at the end to try and get it cast, financed and completed. In 2021 I got burned quite a few times by introducing so ...
Elliot is the founder of Raindance Film Festival (1993) and the British Independent Film Awards (1998) and Raindance London Film School (2017). He has produced over 700 hundred short films and seven feature films: the multi-award-winning The Living and the Dead (2006), Deadly Virtues (2013), Amber (2017), Love is Thicker Than Water (2018), the ...
2014. 91%. Rotten audience score. 59%. The Living and the Dead. Executive Producer. -. 2006. Explore the filmography of Elliot Grove on Rotten Tomatoes! Discover ratings, reviews, and more.
