‘Newcomer’ to open Raindance Film Festival
The 23rd edition of Raindance Film Festival is scheduled from September 23rd – October 04th, 2015 at London’s Vue Piccadilly. The recent news from this corner is regarding the finalization of lineup for this year’s event. It has been confirmed that this year’s festival will screen 90 feature films and 200 short films from 48 countries.
This year’s festival will open with the world premiere of US spy thriller, ‘Newcomer’. This film is directed by Kai Barry, and it stars Screen Star of Tomorrow James Floyd and Anthony LaPaglia in the lead roles.
Some of the other major highlights in this year’s Raindance Film Festival includes, the world premiere of ‘Rickie Lee Jones: The Other Side of Desire’, the United Kingdom premiere of ‘Alice in Marialand’, and many other new titles from promising British Filmmakers.
The 23rd edition of Raindance Film Festival also holds a special segment which features movies which is based on the most advanced digital world. Alex Winter’s ‘Deep Web’, narrated by Keenu Reaves is one of the major attraction in this year’s event. Digital Dissisents, a documentary featuring Julian Assange and Edward Snowden is also another most expected film at this segment.
A series of music documentaries which includes, ‘The Poet of Havana’, ‘Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho’ will be also part of this festival.
The festival will announce the winners of various sections on October 2nd, 2015. The prizes will be finalized by eminent juries, Sheridan Smith and actor Martin Freeman.