Raindance Film Festival 2012- Call For Submissions.

Online, February 28, 2012 (Newswire.com) - Raindance Film Festival 2012 - Submission Call. Calling for Short Films, Features, Documentary, Experimental, Music Videos and Children's Films.

Raindance is the largest Independent Film Festival in Europe and is listed by Variety as one of the world's Top 50 'unmissable film festivals'. Raindance aims to nurture, Support and promote independent films and filmmakers from all around the World. The Film Festival takes place in the heart of London at the Appollo Cinema Piccadilly Circus from the 26 Sept- 7 Oct 2012.

Submission Deadline- The regular deadline is 6 May 2012
- The late deadline is 10 June 2012
- Withoutabox-only Extended Deadline of 24 June 2012

For more information visit: www.raindance.co.uk/site/festival

Our festival is known for being bold, edgy and sometimes daring, screening all genres of feature and documentary (over 70 UK Premieres a Year) and over 200 shorts, making it the most noted festival of discovery and for launching debut filmmakers in Europe.

Over the years, the festival has hosted such guests and filmmakers as Christopher Nolan, Shane Meadows, Ken Loach, Marky Ramone, Iggy Pop, Anton Corbijn, Quentin Tarantino, Faye Dunaway and Lou Reed. Over the last few years our international Jury has included Lemmy, Charles Saatchi, Armando Iannucci and Tom Waits.

Last year we ended up in the deep water, with censors branding our programme the most 'controversial' of its kind in Europe. Nonetheless we hosted the premieres of all contentious films including A Serbian Film, L.A. Zombie and Stolen - a film about human slavery in a refugee camp - all received with rapturous applause. This is the only festival of its kind this side of the Atlantic, and with the unbeaten track record for discovering and supporting films, we look forward to you joining us next year.

Since 1993 the Raindance Film Festival has annually uncovered the hottest new filmmakers to hit the cinematic scene. Some Raindance-premiered hits are Pulp Fiction, Memento, the Blair Witch Project, Ghost World and Love Exposure.