What makes screening at Raindance so different from other festivals?
That’s a tough one. I guess, first I’d say that if you aren’t happy with what goes on, then we are devastated. Historically, Raindance has been considered a “bell-weather” festival – a festival that many other festivals look to for films and filmmakers. Raindance has also been a festival of discovery. Many of the filmmakers who screen first at Raindance go off to other festivals. For example, we showed a rough cut of James Marsh’s “Wisconsin Death Trip” in 1999, and in 2008 he picked up 2 big awards at Sundance.
