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The 32nd edition of the UK’s Raindance Film Festival is to open with horror-thriller Cuckoo, starring Hunter Schafer, as the festival shifts away from autumn to a midsummer slot, running June 19-28.

This year, 90% of the international films screening in competition are debut features. The jury includes actors Alice Englert, Claes Bang, Jared Harris and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and producers Ivana MacKinnon and Paul Sng.

Cuckoo is a German-us co-production that has played at Berlin and SXSW. Schafer plays a 17- year-old who is forced to leave her American home to live with her father and his new family as...

The 32nd edition of the UK’s Raindance Film Festival is to open with Tilman Singer’s horror-thriller Cuckoo, starring Hunter Schafer, as the festival shifts away from autumn to a midsummer slot, running June 19-28.

This year, 90% of the international films screening in competition are debut features.

The jury includes actors Alice Englert, Claes Bang, Jared Harris and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and producers Ivana MacKinnon and Paul Sng.

Opening night film Cuckoo is a German-us co-production, that has played at Berlin and SXSW. Schafer plays a 17- year-old who is forced to leave her American home to live with her...

"I want to breathe the air outside of this town..." Vertical Ent. has released the official trailer for an indie drama from the UK titled As I Am, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker / cameraman Guy Davies. This originally premiered at film festivals in 2019 under the title Philophobia (which means "an overwhelming and unreasonable fear of falling in love") and has been updated for its full release. Set in the English countryside following a story of a shy boy and his friends. One week of school remains for Kai, an aspiring writer, and his friends. How they spend this time will cost one of them their life and leave them changed forever. Joshua Glenister stars in this as Kai, along with Harry Lloyd, James Faulkner, Kim Spearman, Kate Isitt, Jack Gouldbourne, Alexander Lincoln, Charlie Frances, Grace Englert, and Elizabeth Healey. Seems like there's a lot going on here about...

Exclusive: Level 33 Entertainment, the Los Angeles-based sales and distribution outfit, has taken global rights to British thriller Eve ahead of the film’s world premiere at the San Diego International Film Festival on Saturday, October 19.

Set in London’s Notting Hill, the film follows two actresses who have auditioned for the role of Eve in a screen adaptation of Paradise Lost. When one of them is awarded the role, her excitement is quickly tempered by a disturbing home invasion. Unsure of who or what is tormenting her, her sense of reality starts to spiral out of control, threatening her sanity.

Rory Kindersley directed the project, his feature debut, with Toby Cook and Matt Cook producing for their outfit Fablemaze.

Christine Marzano stars, with Rachel Warren, Andrew Lee Potts, Elizabeth Healey, Lex Shrapnel and Jonathan Forbes also in the cast.

Level 33 is lining up a release in early spring 2020. The deal...

Elizabeth Healey has an outstanding career in both TV and film and more recently a role in the blockbuster Doctor Strange (2016). It was a pleasure to speak to her about her career so far, including the romantic drama Across The River, which she also co-wrote.

What first attracted you to the role of Emma in Across the River?

Well the unique thing about Across The River is that it was completely improvised – I had done some improvisation before but nothing on this scale so that was definitely a draw. It is very rare you get this kind of opportunity and it was one I couldn’t let slip by. And I found I really loved working this way – it was a totally collaborative process from beginning to end and was a fabulously creative project to be involved in.

As a character I think Emma reminds me of many women today – she works very hard,...

After being shunned by a group of friends, Do (Alexandra Roach) begins experimenting with fire in our exclusive clip from Trap for Cinderella. The story follows Mickey (Tuppence Middleton), as she reconnects with her old friend Do (Alexandra Roach), before a tragic house fire claims Do's life and leaves Mickey badly burnt and suffereing from amnesia. Take a look at this scene you can't see anywhere else, before checking out this drama in select theaters and on Cable VOD, SundanceNOW and other digital outlets (iTunes, Amazon Streaming, PS3 Playstation Unlimited, Xbox Zune, Google Play and YouTube) beginning December 13.

Micky is a fun-loving photographer, living a party lifestyle in London until a chance encounter with a childhood friend changes her world forever. The opposite to life-and-soul Micky, Do is a quiet bank clerk, with little by way of a social life. Yet much to the annoyance of her DJ boyfriend Jake,...