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34th Raindance Film Festival 2026 Award Winners

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Several outstanding films screening at the 34th Raindance Film Festival are award winners featuring in 11 categories, including a new category for this year, Best Horror Feature. As an Oscar®-qualifying festival, Raindance also celebrates short filmmaking with four prestigious awards, offering winners a pathway to Academy Award® consideration. The talent, craft, and creativity that’s been showcased over the last 10 days has made this year’s unforgettable line up. Raindance Award Winners 2026 Best International Feature: Silent Rebellion Regarded at Venice Film Festival, this WW2 drama follows a virtuous teen in 1943 Switzerland who questions her village’s morality when they turn … Continue reading 34th Raindance Film Festival 2026 Award Winners

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Pylon

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A young boy and his sister wander through a field on a hazy summer’s day wherethey are confronted by a gang of older boys who force the child up an electricitypylon — with earth-shattering ramifications. Barnaby Blackburn’s devastating short British drama PYLON is a poignant exploration of fractious family relationships, the horrors siblings subject each other to, and the indelible marks they leave. The film was made with Ken Loach’s production company Sixteen Films and has qualified for the 2025 BAFTAs.Barnaby Blackburn is an award winning writer/director. At the age of 26 he won aBAFTA for writing promos for the BBC’s Winter … Continue reading Pylon

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Muslim International Film Festival, London

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The Muslim International Film Festival Londonhttp://www.TheMiff.Net@muslimfilmfest MIFF 30 May to 2 June Opened by Sajid Varda Story Consultant/Founder of Festival. BFI Aficionado.All films have been to at least one major film festival before coming to this oneand some have received awards. With films set throughout the world includingUK, Morocco, Turkey, Tunisia, Jordan and Sudan, the festival runs as per thedates itemised above.MIFF is supported by UK Muslim Film (UKMF). Sajid Varda is keen to seeincreasing representation of Muslim actors and themes worldwide. He alsowishes to bring harmony within the industry.He feels 9/11 changed everything making Muslims identified with somethingevil. Supported … Continue reading Muslim International Film Festival, London