Raindance, the UK's largest independent film festival, is now accepting submissions for its fifteenth anniversary edition. They welcome shorts and features of all genres from anywhere in the world. The festival dates have been set for 26th September to 7th October 2007 and they will be accepting submissions until 1st June 2007. To save on submission fees, submit your film before 1st May.

 London's legendary limited length film love-in goes live Saturday.  Kate and Phil are returning to the ICA, Curzon Soho and Roxy Bar once again for nine days of  sweet and sour short films.   There's the Brothers Blaine back catalog, Allison Murray's latest film and the results of the Shooting People Destricted short porn competion, as well as VJ…

Hiya, I am looking for short films (under half hour) submissions for a 'Short Film Showcase' Night in aid of the MS Society. I am also calling for attendees - if you are a film buff, come and enjoy an evening at England's most historic film studios for a good cause! I have a BAFTA winning animation amongst other great quality shorts so far...it will be a great night! It i…

"these images of a bloody struggle for the controls of a plane that’s plunging to the earth is an image that speaks to where we’re going if we’re not very careful" Working Title's United 93 has been named by the New York Critic Circle as best film of the year in one of the first nods of the  awards season. Directed by Paul Greengrass (Stephen Appleba…

  Donnersmarck and Almodóvar make the night December 2 marked the first time that an Eastern European city hosted the European Film Awards. Approximately 1,500 professionals attended the European celebration of cinema at the EXPO XXI hall in Warsaw. The most coveted award of the evening, European Film 2006, went to The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) by Florian…

Winners of the 9th British Independent Film Awards 29th November 2006 The winners of the British Independent Film Awards , organised by Raindance, were announced at the Hammersmith Palais on Wedenesday night, 29th November. Raindance says: The UK may not have Hollywood, but it does not need nor should it want it. Its film industry is booming even if it was not when BIFA…

Mohamed Al Daradji's Ahlaam which is Iraq's entry for next year's Academy Awards has been announced as one of 56 films pre-selected for the Golden Globes Foreign Language Film prize. The announcement comes as Leeds-based Human Film, who produced the film and is running a the awards campaign, invites websites and bloogers to host For Your Consideration banners.

The British Academy of Film & Television Arts launched a new short film competition today - 60 Seconds of Fame, run in association with Orange. The winner will have their film featured as part of the BBC broadcast of The Orange British Academy Film Awards in 2007. They are running a series of free workshops across the UK to promote the scheme. This new BAFTA competition has the…

  Miranda Robinson, Head of Development at Screen South will host a panel event to discuss why low budget filmmaking is essential to British film-makers at Bighton's CineCity on 25th November. The panel will look at the restrictions of micro and low budgets, marketing a low budget film, and the freedoms that working on a shoe-string provides for filmmakers.