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LONDON, October 13 – 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the Raindance Film Festival, the UK’s leading independent film festival. Running 26 October – 5 November, this year’s edition will be a celebration of 30 years of independent film in the UK. As part of this special year, Raindance is honoured to partner with Celtx, the script writing software used by over 5 million verified users in 180+ countries.

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Raindance Film Festival is the largest independent film festival in the UK and it has been recognised by Variety as “one of the world’s top 50 unmissable film festivals”. Raindance showcases the boldest, freshest content from British and international filmmakers. Industry and the public attend cutting-edge panels, talks and workshops. Raindance is a qualifying festival for Oscars®, BAFTA and BIFA. www.raindance.org/festival/

Raindance is dedicated to fostering and promoting independent film around the world. Founded in 1992, it combines the Raindance Film Festival, film training courses, and Raindance Higher Education. Training courses are at the heart of the Raindance structure, aiming to give individuals the tools to start shooting their film, and covering screenwriting, production, directing, and virtual reality. Moreover, Raindance has developed three fully accredited Higher Education Film Programmes, becoming the only major film festival in the world to offer higher education. www.raindance.org

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As the largest independent film festival in the UK, Raindance champions the independentminded individuals who stay true to their instincts: the free spirits of cinema. Raindance is also a qualifying festival for the Oscars®, BAFTA and BIFA. During this 30th anniversary edition, the festival will revisit some of the most pivotal films from its archive with special presentations of Pulp Fiction, The Blair Witch Project, Memento and Old Boy – all of which premiered in the UK at Raindance. Raindance will also look towards the next 30 years with a programme of fresh, relevant, and radical new films.

Celtx, a Backlight business, creates cloud-based software designed for media pre-production activities including creating and organizing media projects like screenplays, films, videos, stageplays, documentaries, machinima, games, and podcasts. Backlight is a global media technology company that elevates every stage of the video and entertainment content lifecycle – from creation through monetization.

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Celtx creates cloud-based software for the early stages of media production designed for collaborating, organizing, and producing media projects like film & TV, commercials, documentaries, machinima, games and interactive media, and podcasts. Celtx’s software is used by creatives and companies worldwide to achieve streamlined production workflows from concept to camera. Founded in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, Celtx was acquired by Backlight in 2021. For more information, please visit www.celtx.com

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As part of this new partnership, Celtx will lead a special masterclass “Script Breakdown Masterclass” during this year’s festival, demonstrating to an industry audience how to quickly break down a small pre-written script/scene using Celtx, showing the different features that Celtx offers both for screenwriting and for scheduling/planning. Celtx will also be the exclusive scriptwriting and planning platform at Raindance Film Festival and Raindance Film School campuses in London, Dubai and Mexico. Celtx are also Official Partner of the Raindance Script Competition, with all finalists receiving a Yearly Scriptwriting subscription to Celtx.

“We’re excited and looking forward to taking part in this year’s events at the Raindance Festival,” says Celtx co-founder and CEO Mark Kennedy. “This new partnership allows us to celebrate the creative process that goes into filmmaking and screenwriting. We are proud to partner with an organisation that shares our purpose and who also champions creators.”

Elliot Grove, founder of Raindance says: “As a champion of independent film, Raindance always conveys many incredible stories. And Celtx provides the tools for filmmakers big and small to create and organise their own stories. The film industry is a challenging industry – so here at Raindance we like to champion anything that helps the process of making a film, and that enables filmmakers to find and use their voice. The Raindance Film Festival and Raindance Film School are privileged to partner with Celtx in this, our special 30th anniversary year.”

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