28 September 2007
Newsdesk
Raindance, now in its fifteenth year, is on from September 25 – October 7 2007 in London's West End.
This year the jury is, like always, very music focused with Iggy Pop and Mick Jones from The Clash as jurors! Last year Lou Reed did the honors! Raindance has a reputation for its strong interest in music in film, and in the past has programmed some great rock'n'roll movies including Billy Childish Is Dead, The Devil & Daniel Johnston, Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man, Neil Young: Heart of Gold, Get Thrashed and Brothers of the Head.
This year Raindance features a whole host of music based films these include:
Blitzkrieg Bop -A punk makes a living by selling unexploded shells from WW2 - http://www.raindance.co.uk/site/index.php?aid=470
Silver Jew - An intimate portrait of reclusive poet / musician David Berman and his band the Silver Jews - http://www.raindance.co.uk/site/index.php?aid=531
Frank & Cindy - A deeply personal documentary about Frank Garcia, an 80's one-hit wonder musician and his blonde bombshell wife Cindy, who makes him live in the basement - http://www.raindance.co.uk/site/index.php?aid=407
Performance - Chas, a violent and psychotic East London gangster needs a place to lie low after a hit that should never have been carried out - http://www.raindance.co.uk/site/index.php?aid=530 ( Mick Jones will be present to introduce the film followed by a Q&A)
Raindance Film Festival
September 25 – October 7 2007
www.raindance.co.uk/site/index.php?festival
