Film Students London Premier at Raindance Film Festival

Plymouth College of Art Film Arts students have been invited back for a second year to the independent film festival in London, the renowned Raindance.

Degree students’ films will be on the big screen at the Apollo Theatre in London as the festival provides a snapshot emerging talent in the exclusive Plymouth College of Art Student Shorts Programme.
To celebrate the ongoing relationship between Raindance Film Training and Plymouth College of Art, 14 short films will be screened on Thursday 30th September.

Lucy Leake and Dan Paolantonio, Film Arts Programme Leaders at Plymouth College of Art explained: “Our relationship with Raindance offers our students such a unique opportunity to engage with independent film on a real level. We are really excited to have our students’ work represented in such a prestigious festival once again, and look forward to the continued development of our educational links with Raindance.”

The films on show have been created by students from the College’s Film Arts Programme in response to exciting curricular challenges. This year also includes the winner of the first PCA Raindance Emerging Talent Award 2010 at Plymouth College of Art, written, produced and directed by Kelsey Fox whilst she was studying for a BTEC ND Media award.

From collaborative projects created with sound artists from the Cafe Concrete Collective, and creative explorations of time, space and place, to ambitious and dynamic responses to storytelling, it promises to be a diverse programme.

A spokesperson for Raindance said: “Shot on just about every format from Super-8, to Super-16mm film and High Definition video, as well as some hand-drawn animation and time-lapse photography, and often featuring 5.1 surround sound mixes, the shorts represent the various levels of technical craft skill and artistic complexity achieved by Plymouth College of Art film students as they progress through their studies in filmmaking.

“The one thing these filmmakers have in common is a clear and unmovable passion for cinema and filmmaking, and although at different stages of their studies, we hope that you’ll enjoy the veritable cinematic feast on show and give these emerging filmmakers your support during their London Premiere.”

To watch these films and more, visit the College’s Showreel page on the link below or visit the Film Arts page on the College website http://www.plymouthart.ac.uk/prospectus/Degree-and-Honours/Foundation-Degree/FD-Film-Arts--/FMFH1A1011.

For more information visit https://vimeo.com/pcafilmarts.