May 18, 2026 1:00am PT
Raindance Sets Full 34th Edition Lineup, Adds Best Horror Feature Prize as Festival Expands Competition Slate
The 34th Raindance Film Festival has unveiled its complete program, with 85 narrative and documentary features, 112 short films and 27 immersive projects set for the June 17–26 run in London. Forty-eight of the features – 56% of the total – come from first-time directors, and a new best horror feature prize has been added to the jury competition for 2026.
The full feature slate spans material on topics including the Southport riots, fracking in West Texas, the Rohingya refugee crisis, bride slavery in India, artificial intelligence and the deforestation of Canada’s Boreal Forest. International competition titles include the world premieres of Mexican coming-of-age mystery “Jardines Del Bosque,” Iranian pandemic drama “No Lastname” and debut Estonian feature “Fränk,” from Tönis Pill, assistant director on Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” alongside U.K. premieres of Venice-awarded “Lost Land” and Indian narrative feature “Paro: The Untold Story of Bride Slavery,” produced by two-time Oscar-listed producer Trupti Bhoir.
Source: variety.com